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Chesapeake General Hospital, Formerly Chesapeake Female Seminary, Hampton, Virginia Item Info
- Abstract:
- Delicately drawn panorama; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 9/19/1863.
- Title:
- Chesapeake General Hospital, Formerly Chesapeake Female Seminary, Hampton, Virginia
- Artist:
- Bonwill, Charles E. H., b. ca. 1836
- Date:
- September 19, 1863
- Transcription:
- Recto: "vessels in Hampton creek // Chesapeake General Hospital Formerly Chesapeake Female Seminary near Hampton Va. // [pointing hand] See Steiner's description of Hospital in Herald of 9th inst (Sunday) August. // Add in P.8. Dr. Dalton is now in charge, // Herald 9th inst -.";Verso: No text.
- Subjects:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; ripping along left, upper, and right margins; dog ears and loss of paper at all but lower left corner; brown stains across bottom.
- Place:
- Virginia--Hampton
- Medium:
- Graphite and grey wash on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 9.25 x 13.25 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.0298687, -76.3452217999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-CB-VA-9/19/63 (Box 7.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4641
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-CB-VA-9/19/63
- Collection:
- Architecture and Townscapes
- Tags:
- Architecture Hospital
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Chesapeake General Hospital, Formerly Chesapeake Female Seminary, Hampton, Virginia", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2670.html