View of Centreville, Louisiana

Title

View of Centreville, Louisiana

Abstract

In Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 10/31/1863; fine drawing.

Date

September 18, 1863

Transcription

Recto: "View in Centreville La // Centreville is in St. Mary's Parish and Grand Lake & Bayou Teche flood the district for many miles. // Turn over."
Verso: "The view represents the town of Centreville La. Occupied by 116 N.Y. Col. Love with a section of Battery S. (Regular) as cover of Cavalry sent out on a scout Sept. 28th 1863 // [signed] C.E.H.Bonwill."

Condition

Vertical, horizontal, and tangent folds; dog ears at upper corners; pin mark in center; effaced paper at upper corners.

Medium

Graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

6.5 x 10 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

29.7597872, -91.428367

Source

Original drawing location: CW-CB-LA-9/28/63 (Box 7.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4644

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-CB-LA-9/28/63

Citation

Bonwill, Charles E. H., b. ca. 1836, “View of Centreville, Louisiana,” The Becker Collection, accessed December 3, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2718.