File:Passing of Vicksburg by Admiral Porter's U.S. Fleet.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (5,200 × 3,022 pixels, file size: 5.95 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: Sketch of several gunboats on a river that are firing on a town in the background. "Passing of Vicksburg by Admiral Porters U. S. Fleet. Photograph taken from and original sketch (India) by Rear Admiral Henry Walke, who commanded the U. S. Gunboat 'Lafayette' during the battle, after the passing. the original sketch with others of Walke were destroyed by fire. Gift of John H. Gundlack." (written on reverse side).
Title: Passing of Vicksburg by Admiral Porter's U.S. Fleet.
Date
Source Missouri History Museum
URL: http://images.mohistory.org/image/9EC0981B-5EE0-AC08-3F3B-2B83968FED02/original.jpg
Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/157215
Author Henry Walke
Permission
(Reusing this file)

UND - Copyright undetermined

MHS Open Access Policy: You are welcome to download and utilize any digital file that the Missouri Historical believes is likely in the public domain or is free of other known restrictions. This content is available free of charge and may be used without seeking permission from the Missouri Historical Society.
Identifier
InfoField
P0116-1051
Part of
InfoField
Battle Scenes
Subjects
InfoField
Gunboats
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Siege, 1863
Civil War, 1861-1865
Admiral Porter's U.S. Fleet
Porter
Henry Walke
Transportation
Union
Rivers
Boats
Vicksburg
Armed Forces
battle
photograph of a sketch
River and Steamboats
Battles
Resource
InfoField
157215
GUID
InfoField
9EC0981B-5EE0-AC08-3F3B-2B83968FED02

Licensing

[edit]
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country.
Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.PD-1923Public domain in the United States//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Passing_of_Vicksburg_by_Admiral_Porter%27s_U.S._Fleet.jpg
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current06:51, 20 August 2017Thumbnail for version as of 06:51, 20 August 20175,200 × 3,022 (5.95 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Missouri History Museum. Passing of Vicksburg by Admiral Porter's U.S. Fleet. 1860to1864 #409.9 of 629

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Passing_of_Vicksburg_by_Admiral_Porter%27s_U.S._Fleet.jpg&oldid=503442200"