Keywords: outdoor by Conrad Wise Chapman This painting portrays a scene from November 16, 1863, and despite the dramatic title, depicts a rather minor skirmish. In the early morning hours, the Union monitor Lehigh steamed into Charleston Harbor where it became stuck on a sandbar as the tide receded. At daybreak, as the immobile ship became visible, the guns of Fort Moultrie opened fire. Three Union monitors were dispatched to tow the Lehigh off the sandbar and out of range of the bombardment. These ships can be seen above the fort's massive bulwarks. Fort Moultrie sustained little damage in the engagement while the badly leaking Lehigh was finally towed to safety after it had been struck twenty seven times. Oil on Canvas, 30 7/8 x 75 3/8 inches Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC by Conrad Wise Chapman This painting portrays a scene from November 16, 1863, and despite the dramatic title, depicts a rather minor skirmish. In the early morning hours, the Union monitor Lehigh steamed into Charleston Harbor where it became stuck on a sandbar as the tide receded. At daybreak, as the immobile ship became visible, the guns of Fort Moultrie opened fire. Three Union monitors were dispatched to tow the Lehigh off the sandbar and out of range of the bombardment. These ships can be seen above the fort's massive bulwarks. Fort Moultrie sustained little damage in the engagement while the badly leaking Lehigh was finally towed to safety after it had been struck twenty seven times. Oil on Canvas, 30 7/8 x 75 3/8 inches Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC Conrad Wise Chapman - Bombardment of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina - Google Art Project.jpg 30 7/8 x 75 3/8 inches bottom right /recto FORT MOULTRIE Nov 16 1863 verso Bombardment of Fort Moultrie Charleston Harbor South Carolina/ Nov 16 1863/ painted by C W Chapman Dvd cc Serg 59 oil on canvas bottom right special url_id 9QErsyL2nqCV6Q PD-old-100-1923 1910 Conrad Wise Chapman Google Art Project works by Conrad Wise Chapman by Conrad Wise Chapman
This painting portrays a scene from November 16, 1863, and despite the dramatic title, depicts a rather minor skirmish. In the early morning hours, the Union monitor Lehigh steamed into Charleston Harbor where it became stuck on a sandbar as the tide receded. At daybreak, as the immobile ship became visible, the guns of Fort Moultrie opened fire. Three Union monitors were dispatched to tow the Lehigh off the sandbar and out of range of the bombardment. These ships can be seen above the fort's massive bulwarks. Fort Moultrie sustained little damage in the engagement while the badly leaking Lehigh was finally towed to safety after it had been struck twenty seven times.
Oil on Canvas, 30 7/8 x 75 3/8 inches
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC |