Siege of Petersburg
Title
Siege of Petersburg
Abstract
Artist
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?).
Subject
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 April 24, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2960.