The Fish Market, City Point, Va (Siege of Petersburg)

Title

The Fish Market, City Point, Va (Siege of Petersburg)

Abstract

Image with Blacks; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 3/18/1865, p. 413.

Date

October 17, 1864

Transcription

Recto: Sign reads: "Fresh Fish/ Oysters."
Verso: "The Fish Market City Point Va // The fish on sale here are mostly catfish from the river James // October 17 64."

Condition

Excellent; loss of paper along lower margin.

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

10 x 6.5 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

37.124332, -77.2263739999999

Source

Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-10/17/64 (Box 2.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4601

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-JB-VA-10/17/64

Collection

African-Americans

Citation

Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “The Fish Market, City Point, Va (Siege of Petersburg),” The Becker Collection, accessed November 21, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2660.