Siege of Petersburg

Title

Siege of Petersburg

Abstract

Date

July 1864

Transcription

Recto: "Rebel camp // Rebels at work on their line."
Verso: "Siege of Petersburg // looking from the observation tree on the left of the union line." Sketch with erasure of three men on a mountain overlooking a valley (the artist included?).

Condition

Three vertical folds; small rips along upper edge; crumbling on both right corners.

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

13 x 9.75 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Landscape drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

37.2279279, -77.4019266999999

Source

Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-7/64a (Box 1.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4561

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-JB-VA-7/64a

Citation

Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “Siege of Petersburg,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 21, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2960.