The Scene on Jerusalem Plank Road (Siege of Petersburg)

Title

The Scene on Jerusalem Plank Road (Siege of Petersburg)

Abstract

First signed drawing?.

Date

August 25, 1864

Transcription

Recto: no text.
Verso: "The 2nd Corp. Ambulance wagons conveying the wounded to the hospitals and the 9th Corps marching to the field of battle at Ream's Station Aug 25 Sketched on the Jerusalem Plank Road [Signed] Joseph Becker."

Condition

Central horizontal fold and weak lower right corner.

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

9.75 x 6.25 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

37.2279279, -77.4019266999999

Source

Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-8/25/64a (Box 1.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4563

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-JB-VA-8/25/64a

Citation

Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “The Scene on Jerusalem Plank Road (Siege of Petersburg),” The Becker Collection, accessed November 21, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2974.