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City Point from the James River (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Very nice rendering of boats and river.
- Title:
- City Point from the James River (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September? 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "City Point from the James // [Signed] Joseph Becker."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 James River (Va.) Ships--Virginia--James River
- Condition:
- Poor; numerous vertical folds; rip along central fold; loss of paper upper left corner and along upper margin; dog ear bottom right corner; brown stain on lower right.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg Virginia--Prince George county--City Point Virginia--James River
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 9.75 x 13.25 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/64d (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4583
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/64d
- Collection:
- Ships
- Tags:
- Boat Harbor Paddlewheel Sail Steamship
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "City Point from the James River (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2735.html