The State Penitentiary Richmond Va. – 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.)
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The State Penitentiary Richmond Va. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The State Penitentiary Richmond Va.
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The State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia, is the focus here, a prison complex that stood in the city during the final year of the Civil War. Photographs of Confederate government buildings and institutions were widely sold after Richmond fell in April 1865, and this view belongs to that wave of images. The print was issued by Taylor & Huntington, a firm that published Civil War scenes for a public eager to see the South's capital after its surrender. The facility was used to hold prisoners during the war, so the photograph also records a place tied to the conflict's detention system.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection. No. B164. · Taylor & Huntington publisher. |
| Subjects | Prison facilities--Virginia--Richmond--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Detention facilities. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,283 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52284 |
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