IMAGE
A Scene on Our Left: Preparing for Winter (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Elaborated sketch.
- Title:
- A Scene on Our Left: Preparing for Winter (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- November 5, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "A scene on our left // Preparing for winter // Soldiers conveying timber from the woods in the rear of our line of breastworks for the purpose of constructing winter quarters // Nov 5th [Signed] Joseph Becker."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Logging--Virginia--History--19th century Horse-drawn vehicles
- Condition:
- Poor; loss of paper at all corners; ripping along horizontal creases and margins.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 13. 5 x 9.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-11/5/64 (Box 2.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4609
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-11/5/64
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Night scene
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "A Scene on Our Left: Preparing for Winter (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/3022.html