Sorting the Mail (Siege of Petersburg)

Item Information

Title:
Sorting the Mail (Siege of Petersburg)
Description:
Camp scene; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 12/3/1864, p. 161.
Creator:
Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
Date:
[1864?]
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Boston College
Collection (local):
Becker collection
Subjects:
Mail sorting--History--Pictorial works--1800--1899--Virginia
Postal service in art
History--Pictorial works--1864--1865--Petersburg (Va.)
History--Pictorial works--1861--1865--Virginia
United States. Army
Places:
Virginia > Petersburg
Extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2345/4588
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Condition: Piece of paper stuck to verso; horizontal creases, knife cut in left margin; stain on right margin.
Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/64i (Box 1.)
Physical description of original: graphite on wove paper ; 4.75 x 4.75 in.
Recto: no text.
Verso: (different hand) "Joseph Becker // Sorting Mails in camp."
Notes (date):
September? 1864
Identifier:
2345/4588
81489124650001021
99137908170101021
Call #:
E468.7