James river, 1864 – Historic Reproduction
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(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.)
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Step back in time with James river, 1864, a historic drawing rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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James river, 1864
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Three small scenes of the James River share this narrow sheet, two of them labeled near or at Fort Powhatan, where a battery was posted at times. The inscriptions date the Powhatan views to 1861 and the river view to 1864, so the artist returned to this stretch of water during the war. The reverse holds four quick steamboat sketches, one identified as the *Paul Jones*, and the drawing was once catalogued under Alfred Waud's numbering. Waud sketched for *Harper's Weekly* and other papers, and studies like this one gave readers a view of riverbank defenses they could not see for themselves.
| Created / published | [1864] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on brown paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 8.1 x 33.8 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Landscapes 1860-1870.Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below upper left image: on the James river 1864. Inscribed below upper right image: Near Powhatan on the James 1861. Inscribed above image: Battery posted here at times. Inscribed below lower right image: Ft. Powhatan 1861. Four broadside sketches of steamships on verso. Inscribed below one: Paul Jones. Formerly Waud no. B-110. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.874) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Paul Jones (Steamship)--1860-1870. Forts & fortifications--1860-1870. Ships--1860-1870. Fort Powhatan (Va.)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities.United States--Virginia--James River |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,305 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-201605 |
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