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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