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Looking up the James River from Aiken's Landing (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Landscape with figures.
- Title:
- Looking up the James River from Aiken's Landing (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- October 26, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Dutch Gap Canal // 49 3/8.";Verso: "Looking up the James river from Aiken's Landing // Oct 26th [Signed] Joseph Becker."
- Subjects:
- James River (Va.)--History--19th century Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Steamboats--Virginia--History--19th century Pontoon bridges--Virginia--History--19th century
- Condition:
- Horizontal fold; loss of paper at all but upper left corners; smear at lower left.
- Place:
- Virginia--James River
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 10 x 6.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.3826009, -78.1549845
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-10/26/64a (Box 2.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4602
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-10/26/64a
- Collection:
- Ships
- Tags:
- Horses Paddlewheel
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Looking up the James River from Aiken's Landing (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2754.html