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Date1860
CountryUSA
MediumWood engraving
Dimensions17.3 × 23.2 cm (6 13/16 × 9 1/8") (Image)
Overall (Sheet): 21.9 × 29.8 cm (8 5/8 × 11 3/4")
Overall (Sheet): 21.9 × 29.8 cm (8 5/8 × 11 3/4")
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art
Object number956560000
DescriptionThe image is an illustration for the publication Harper's Weekly. The composition consists of large group of male figures filing out of a doorway. The figures are of all different heights and sizes. The figures are dressed in attire form the 1850s. The crowd of male figures stand in front of an architectural structure with square columns. The male figures appear to be moving in two different directions, either to the right or left of the image. In the lower left there are two male figures, with childlike proportions, facing the crowd of men.On View
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