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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Photographs of Belle Isle and the Falls of James River at Richmond, Virginia, WLU Coll. PP 0023, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a photograph of a river scene of 'Great Falls' of James River at Richmond, Virginia. There is a stone wall on the far side of the river in the background, which is evidence of a former canal. The second photograph is of the ca. 1833 engraving of the painting 'Richmond, from the hill above the waterworks' by George Cooke.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• James River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.)
• Landscape photography
• Virginia -- James River
• Virginia -- Richmond