Evening Prayer Meeting at City Point (Siege of Petersburg)

Title

Evening Prayer Meeting at City Point (Siege of Petersburg)

Abstract

Nicely worked drawing; depiction of Blacks; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 10/1/1864, front page.

Date

September 2, 1864

Transcription

Recto: no text.
Verso: "[An] Evening Prayer Meeting in the Contraband Camp at City Point // Brother John leads in prayer // [Signed] Joseph Becker // Sept 2."

Condition

Poor; strong central vertical fold, ripping and loss of paper along right margin; brown stain in upper right quadrant.

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

13.5 x 9.75 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

37.2279279, -77.4019266999999

Source

Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/2/64b (Box 1.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4567

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/2/64b

Collection

African-Americans

Citation

Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “Evening Prayer Meeting at City Point (Siege of Petersburg),” The Becker Collection, accessed December 26, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2647.