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View from Fort Picketts, Virginia Item Info
- Abstract:
- Companion to CW-JT-VA-12/31/64b.
- Title:
- View from Fort Picketts, Virginia
- Artist:
- Taylor, James E., 1839-1901
- Date:
- December 31, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Getty division // This fort is on our extreme right & is one of the finest positions on our line - 6 gun Battery - two foot cavities are dug to place our cassions for protection from the enemy's shot // Blue Ridge a mellowy distance // logs.";Verso: "View from Ft. Picketts 6th Corps // I promised Gen. Wright that the this and the first Rhode Island battery sketch should be published - this gallant corps has been neglected by us a publication of these will tickle Mr Wright and make me - Hunky Dory - (classic Terence) among his satellites - (artistic Diplomacy) // Gen Seymour is a son in law to Harrison Wier & quite a connoisseur in art - he seemed much pleased with my sketches several of which I showed him - he is a West Pointer & while Sheridan was there taught him drawing - [signed] Taylor."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fortification--Virginia
- Condition:
- Horizontal fold; rough paper as if torn from a sketch book on left margin; small knick on right margin; foxing.
- Place:
- Virginia--Brunswick--Fort Pickett
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 5 x 7 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.061867, -77.971954
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JT-VA-12/31/64c (Box 9.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4845
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JT-VA-12/31/64c
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Battery Cannon Getty Horses Rhode Island battery
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "View from Fort Picketts, Virginia", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/3028.html