"Exterior view of the Libey Prison, Richmond, Virginia" by Harry E. Wrigley
 

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Original Title (transcribed from print)

Exterior view of the Libey Prison, Richmond, Virginia

Additional Caption (transcribed from print)

From a sketch by Captain Harry E. Wrigley, Topographical Engineers.

Publication

Harper's Weekly

Publisher

Harper & Brothers, Publishers

Date

10-17-1863

Page Number

668

Corporate Name Subject

Libby Prison; Confederate States of America. Army -- Prisons

Topical Subject

Military prisons -- Virginia -- Richmond; Military prisons -- Confederate States of America

Geographic Subject

Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons

City/Location

Richmond (Va.)

Original Item Size

18 x 24 cm

Genre

prints (visual works)

Local Genre

newspaper; artwork

Type

Still Image; Text

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

Richmond Nineteenth-Century Print Collection

Source

Original periodical illustration: Exterior view of the Libey Prison, Richmond, Virginia, Harper's Weekly, Oct. 17, 1863, p. 668, Richmond, Virginia Maps and Prints Collection, M 190, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

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