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Sorting the Mail (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Camp scene; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 12/3/1864, p. 161.
- Title:
- Sorting the Mail (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September? 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: (different hand) "Joseph Becker // Sorting Mails in camp."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 United States--Army--Military life Mail sorting--Virginia--History--19th century Postal service in art
- Condition:
- Piece of paper stuck to verso; horizontal creases, knife cut in left margin; stain on right margin.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 4.75 x 4.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/64i (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4588
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/64i
- Collection:
- Military Camp Life
- Tags:
- Camp life
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Sorting the Mail (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2015.html