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[View of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with a large home and smaller houses, outbuildings, and perhaps a slave cabin]
Summary
Preliminary sketch on verso.
Includes puncture holes around the edges where paper was fastened to a board.
Watermark with a large fleur de lis with W.
Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 97.
(DLC/PP-1995:140.97).
Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).
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Date
01/01/1812
Contributors
Smith, John Rubens, 1775-1849, artist
Location
North Charleston, 32.88856, -80.00751
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
