The Fish Market, City Point, Va (Siege of Petersburg)

Item Information

Title:
The Fish Market, City Point, Va (Siege of Petersburg)
Description:
Image with Blacks; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 3/18/1865, p. 413.
Creator:
Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
Date:
October 17, 1864
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Boston College
Collection (local):
Becker collection
Subjects:
Fish trade--History--Pictorial works--1800--1899--Virginia
History--Pictorial works--1864--1865--Petersburg (Va.)
History--African Americans--Pictorial works--1861--1865--Virginia
Places:
Virginia > Petersburg
Virginia > Pittsylvania (county) > Hopewell
Extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2345/4601
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Condition: Excellent; loss of paper along lower margin.
Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-10/17/64 (Box 2.)
Physical description of original: graphite on wove paper ; 10 x 6.5 in.
Recto: Sign reads: "Fresh Fish/ Oysters."
Verso: "The Fish Market City Point Va // The fish on sale here are mostly catfish from the river James // October 17 64."
Identifier:
2345/4601
81489124650001021
99137908161901021
Call #:
E468.7