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Original Title (transcribed from print)
Interior of Libey Prison, Richmond, Va.
Additional Caption (transcribed from print)
Interior view of Libey Prison [i.e., Libby Prison], Richmond, Virginia, showing the quarters of the Union officers confined there. Sketched by Captain Harry E. Wrigley, Topographical Engineers.
Publication
Harper's Weekly
Publisher
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Date
10-17-1863
Page Number
669
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
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons; Richmond (Va.)
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Original Item Size
24 x 35 cm
Genre
prints (visual works)
Local Genre
newspaper; artwork
Type
Still Image; Text
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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: Interior of Libey Prison, Richmond, Va., Harper's Weekly, Oct. 17, 1863, p. 669, Richmond, Virginia Maps and Prints Collection, M 190, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
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