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Camp Sketches: Soldiers Playing at Ten Pins (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Camp scene.
- Title:
- Camp Sketches: Soldiers Playing at Ten Pins (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September? 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "Camp Sketches // Soldiers Playing at Ten Pins // [Signed] Joseph Becker."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Bowling--Virginia--19th century Amusements--Virginia--19th century Military camps--Virginia--19th century
- Condition:
- Good; horizontal crease; stain on left margin.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 6.25 x 4.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/64k (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4590
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/64k
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Camp life Recreation Tent
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Camp Sketches: Soldiers Playing at Ten Pins (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2983.html