Scene at City Point: Loading Wagons with Goods from the James (Siege of Petersburg)
Title
Scene at City Point: Loading Wagons with Goods from the James (Siege of Petersburg)
Abstract
Landscape sketch.
Artist
Date
November 13, 1864
Transcription
Recto: no text.
Verso: "Scene at City Point // Loading Sutlers wagons with goods from the vessels in the river James // The vessels are not permitted to unload at the government docks // Gen Grant's headquarters on the bluff // Nov 13 [Signed] Joseph Becker."
Subject
Condition
Ripping along horizontal and vertical creases; loss of paper on right corners.
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
13.25 x 9.5 in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
Source
Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-11/13/64 (Box 2.)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4612
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-JB-VA-11/13/64
Collection
Citation
Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “Scene at City Point: Loading Wagons with Goods from the James (Siege of Petersburg),” The Becker Collection, accessed April 20, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2709.