IMAGE
Camp Sketches: Interior of a Bombproof (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Camp scene.
- Title:
- Camp Sketches: Interior of a Bombproof (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September 23, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "Camp Sketches // September 23 // The Interior of the Bombproof in Fort Duchane one of our defences of the Weldon Road."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Fort Duchane (Va.) Building, Bombproof--Virginia Fortification--Virginia Military camps--Virginia
- Condition:
- Horizontal fold and folds at upper right corner; stains near right margin.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg Virginia--Dinwiddie county--Fort Duchane
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 6.5 x 4.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/23/64b (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4573
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/23/64b
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Musical instrument Rifle
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Camp Sketches: Interior of a Bombproof (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2995.html