Scene on the Potomac River near Acquia Creek ...
date: label: date made
content: circa 1860
label: date made
content: 1861, Oct. 21
label: date made
content: 1861
label: date made
content: 1861,
label: date made
content: 1861, Oct 21
name: label: graphic artist
content: Sherman Publishing Company
label: maker
content: Wemmer, N. J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This image was originally prepared by and printed in the U.S. Civil War era newspaper the "New York Illustrated News" (1859-1864). The image "Scene on the Potomac River near Acquia Creek - Part of the Gunboat Flotilla Convoying Merchangt Craft - Smoke on Right Marking Rebel Position" was published in the October 21, 1861 issue of the paper. It was sketched "by Special Agent A. Waud Esq."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.23718.64
label: catalog number
content: GA.23718.64
label: accession number
content: 1973.305359
objectType: label: Object Name
content: block, printing
label: Object Name
content: block
label: Object Type
content: Wood Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35.1 cm x 23.4 cm; 13 13/16 in x 9 3/16 in