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The Fish Market, City Point, Va (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Image with Blacks; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 3/18/1865, p. 413.
- Title:
- The Fish Market, City Point, Va (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- October 17, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: Sign reads: "Fresh Fish/ Oysters.";Verso: "The Fish Market City Point Va // The fish on sale here are mostly catfish from the river James // October 17 64."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Fish trade--Virginia--History--19th century
- Condition:
- Excellent; loss of paper along lower margin.
- Place:
- Virginia--Prince George--City Point Virginia--Dinwiddie county--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 10 x 6.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.124332, -77.2263739999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-10/17/64 (Box 2.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4601
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-10/17/64
- Collection:
- African-Americans
- Tags:
- Civilians Rifle
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "The Fish Market, City Point, Va (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2660.html