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

 


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Ref No.: (Becker)CW-JB-VA-10/17/64
Artist: Becker, Joseph
Date: October 17, 1864.
Medium: graphite on wove paper ;
Original Size: 10 x 6.5 in.
Transcribed Text:
  • 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."
Condition: Excellent; loss of paper along lower margin.
Location: City Point, Prince George, Virginia, United States