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Evening Prayer Meeting at City Point (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Nicely worked drawing; depiction of Blacks; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 10/1/1864, front page.
- Title:
- Evening Prayer Meeting at City Point (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September 2, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "[An] Evening Prayer Meeting in the Contraband Camp at City Point // Brother John leads in prayer // [Signed] Joseph Becker // Sept 2."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Prayer meetings--Virginia
- Condition:
- Poor; strong central vertical fold, ripping and loss of paper along right margin; brown stain in upper right quadrant.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg Virginia--Prince George county--City Point
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 13.5 x 9.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/2/64b (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4567
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/2/64b
- Collection:
- African-Americans
- Tags:
- Contraband Night scene
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Evening Prayer Meeting at City Point (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2647.html