Petersburg Va. Courthouse – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Petersburg Va. Courthouse in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Petersburg Va. Courthouse
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Made in 1865 as one half of a stereograph pair, this view shows the courthouse at Petersburg, Virginia, a city that endured a long Union siege through 1864 and 1865. The two glass plates, one for each eye, were made with the wet collodion process and published by E. & H.T. Anthony, a New York firm that sold stereo views widely across the country. Petersburg fell in April 1865, forcing Confederate forces to abandon Richmond, so the courthouse stands in a town at the close of a conflict that was nearly over. Stereographs like this were meant to be viewed through a special lens that gave flat images a sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0436 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) publisher. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege 1864-1865. Courthouses.United States--Virginia--Petersburg. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,342 × 1,360 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46560 |
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