Image of a an elevated landscape view of Fort Monroe, the Hygeia Hotel, and the surrounding buildings, beaches, and docks on Old Point Comfort on the Virginia Peninsula in Hampton, Virginia, as seen from above the Chesapeake Bay, with tall-masted ships and the Adelaide steamboat in the water. "Drawn from Nature Lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co. 104 S. Charles St., Balto."--text, bottom left margin. "Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by E. Sachse & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Maryland"--text, bottom margin centered. "Published by Chs. Magnus 12. Frankfort St. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 60.96 x 88.9 cm (24 x 35 in.)
Hampton (Va.)--Pictorial works Fort Monroe (Va.)--Pictorial works Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Pictorial works Old Point Comfort (Hampton, Va.)--Pictorial works Waterfronts--Pictorial works Hotels--Pictorial works Forts--Pictorial works Boats and boating--Pictorial works Tourism--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection View Prints Large Size South The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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