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Scenes at Butler's Dutch Gap Canal (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Schematic battle scene with nice landscape touches; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 11/26/1864, front page.
- Title:
- Scenes at Butler's Dutch Gap Canal (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- October 26, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "Scenes at Butler's Dutch Gap Canal // The Howlett house battery throwing shells and the workman getting to cover // Oct 26th [Signed] Joseph Becker."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Fortification--Virginia--History--19th century Projectiles
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper at upper right corner and along upper margin.
- Place:
- Virginia--Chesterfield--Dutch Gap
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 10 x 6.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.359871, -77.4152606
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-10/26/64b (Box 2.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4603
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-10/26/64b
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Wagon
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Scenes at Butler's Dutch Gap Canal (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/3016.html