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Evening Amusement of the Coloured Servants and Contraband (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Image of Blacks.
- Title:
- Evening Amusement of the Coloured Servants and Contraband (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September 26, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "Evening amusements of the coloured servants and contrabands attached to the 5th Corps Army of the Potomac // Every evening groups of these members of the coloured race can be seen here and there about the camps gambling and dancing to the enlivening strains of music from the different bands stationed about here and who commence their blowing about dusk // This sketch was taken near Headquarters // [Signed] Joseph Becker // Sept 27 64."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 African Americans--Virginia--19th century Military camps--Virginia--19th century Amusements--Virginia--19th century
- Condition:
- Ripping along vertical fold.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite with charcoal on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 10 x 6.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/26/64d (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4578
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/26/64d
- Collection:
- African-Americans
- Tags:
- Contraband Night scene
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Evening Amusement of the Coloured Servants and Contraband (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2646.html