Fort Mc Henry, Baltimore, Md
date: label: Date made
content: 1862
name: label: maker
content: E. Sachse and Company
notes: label: Description
content: This 1862 color print depicts Fort McHenry with the Chesapeake Bay in the background. A large American flag flies over the star-shaped fort, visible at the back right. On the left, outside of this main fortification, foot soldiers, men on horseback, and cannon are gathered around the barracks and auxiliary buildings. On the right, the New York 17th Regiment National Guard is assembled and inspected by officers on horseback. A list containing the names of the regiment’s officers appears in the lower margin.
label: Description
content: The print’s creator, Edward Sachse, moved to America from Germany sometime in the 1840s. He settled in Baltimore, working under E. Weber & Co., one of the city’s most prominent lithography firms. He established E. Sachse & Co. in 1850, specializing in bird’s eye views of Baltimore and Washington D.C. His brother Theodore joined the firm in the mid-1850s and after Edward’s death in 1873, Theodore’s son Adolph headed the company, as A. Sachse & Co., from 1877 to 1887.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: depicted
content: Horseback Riding
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1860-1869
label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
label: Subject
content: Wagons
label: referenced
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Civil War Prints
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3724
label: catalog number
content: 60.3724
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 8 3/4 in x 16 1/2 in; 22.225 cm x 41.91 cm