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View of the Appomatox Canal (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Possible collaboration with another artist or reporter.
- Title:
- View of the Appomatox Canal (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: Different hand: "View of the Appomattox Canal - Looking up the River." JB: "Showing the Petersburg Wood Batteaux." Different hand: "Used for batteaux to bring down tobacco from Farmville. Sketch shows batteaux owned by city authorities to furnish fuel to the destitute of the city - 100 per cord. Propelling power performed by men with poles." JB: "Fuel was distributed to the suffering and poor at this point (in the foreground) by the city authorities at Petersburg // Halftone 4 wide."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Civilian relief Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Appomattox River (Va.) Canal-boats--Virginia
- Condition:
- Pin marks at each corner; vertical folds.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg Virginia--Appomattox River Virginia--Appomattox Canal Virginia--Dinwiddie county--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite and ink wash on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 10 x 6.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/64b (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4581
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/64b
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Poor
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "View of the Appomatox Canal (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2976.html