Charlestown
Item Information
- Title:
- Charlestown
- Description:
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German woodcut of the siege of Charleston, South Carolina in May 1780. The depiction of Charleston is imaginary. Donnhaeuser lacked a view of Charleston so he modified a pre-existing view of an unidentified German city to show the siege.
- Creator:
- Donnhaeuser, Johann David, 1752-1789
- Name on Item:
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Donhaeuser, sc.
- Date:
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1780
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Views
- Location:
- George Washington's Mount Vernon
- Collection (local):
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Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
- Subjects:
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Charleston (S.C)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Aerial views--Early works to 1800
Charleston (S.C)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Charleston (S.C)--History--Siege, 1780--Aerial views--Early works to 1800
Charleston (S.C)--History--Siege, 1780--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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South CarolinaCharleston (county)Charleston
- Extent:
- 1 view ; 17 x 31 cm
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
- Publisher:
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[Frankfurt am Main] :
s.n.
- Scale:
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Not drawn to scale
- Language:
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English
- Catalog Record:
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MVLA record
- Notes:
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Relief shown pictorially.
Text describing the siege on verso, titled Nachricht von der belagerung und einnahme der stadt und hafens Charlestown in America.
References to marked locations on verso.
- Identifier:
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06_01_014551