Signal Station on Maryland Heights, Harper's History of the Great Rebellion

A wood engraving on a printed page from Harper's History of the Great Rebellion shows a small wooden signal station atop a rocky, wooded summit. Figures stand near the structure, and a text column with an engraved caption runs along the right edge, framed by the printed page.

Artist

Alfred Rudolph Waud

Date

1862

Medium

wood engraving on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2048 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum