Evening Prayer Meeting at City Point (Siege of Petersburg)

Item Information

Title:
Evening Prayer Meeting at City Point (Siege of Petersburg)
Description:
Nicely worked drawing; depiction of Blacks; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 10/1/1864, front page.
Creator:
Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
Date:
September 2, 1864
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Boston College
Collection (local):
Becker collection
Subjects:
Prayer meetings--Pictorial works--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/2345/4567
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Notes:
Condition: Poor; strong central vertical fold, ripping and loss of paper along right margin; brown stain in upper right quadrant.
Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/2/64b (Box 1.)
Physical description of original: graphite on wove paper ; 13.5 x 9.75 in.
Recto: no text.
Verso: "[An] Evening Prayer Meeting in the Contraband Camp at City Point // Brother John leads in prayer // [Signed] Joseph Becker // Sept 2."
Identifier:
2345/4567
81489124650001021
99137908250901021
Call #:
E468.7