Something to Coax the Appetite: Exhuming the Bodies of Union Soldier (Siege of Petersburg)

Item Information

Title:
Something to Coax the Appetite: Exhuming the Bodies of Union Soldier (Siege of Petersburg)
Description:
Elaborated sketch.
Creator:
Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
Date:
November 2, 1864
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Boston College
Collection (local):
Becker collection
Subjects:
Dead--Pictorial works
Exhumation--History--Pictorial works--1800--1899--Virginia
History--Pictorial works--1864--1865--Petersburg (Va.)
History--African Americans--Pictorial works--1861--1865--Virginia
Places:
Virginia > Petersburg
Extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2345/4608
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Condition: Poor; loss of paper at all corners; ripping along vertical crease; scoring on drawing surface.
Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-11/2/64 (Box 2.)
Physical description of original: graphite on wove paper ; 13.25 x 9.75 in.
Recto: "7 x 9 3/8." On gravestone: "John Owen GA/2/MASS KILLED AUG."
Verso: "Something to coax the appetite // A scene near the Weldon Road // Exhuming the bodies of union soldiers killed in the Weldon road fight by embalmers or agents to be conveyed to the soldier's friend in the north // Nov 2nd // [Signed] Joseph Becker // Va."
Identifier:
2345/4608
81489124650001021
99137908157001021
Call #:
E468.7