Title

Richmond, Virginia: ruins of the carbine factory, 1865. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Richmond, Virginia: ruins of the carbine factory, 1865. 'The scenes of havoc and ruin in the city of Richmond after the great conflagration which ensued upon the retirement of the Confederate army and Government, in the first week of April, have already been made the subjects of some of our Illustrations. We present in this Number a view of the ruins of the building which had been occupied as a carbine factory by the military department of the Administration, Richmond being a place where large quantities of arms and ammunition were manufactured during the war'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM24A26_210

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

9,3Mb (774,3Kb) / 6,3in x 5,7in / 1886 x 1723 (300dpi)

Keywords

building destruction arts manufacturing art trade British color Virginia factory damage damaged ruins ruin war century Richmond Britain newspapers press print concept ruined B&W engraved engraving United States of America Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black American Civil War nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century