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.
Artist
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."
Subject
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
Citation
Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “Evening Prayer Meeting at City Point (Siege of Petersburg),” The Becker Collection, accessed April 25, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2647.