EXTERIOR OF CARTHAGE JAIL

Artist C.C.A. CHRISTENSEN (1831 - 1912)

Datec.1878

CountryUtah, USA

MediumTempera on muslin

Dimensions198.1 x 290.8 cm (78 x 114 1/2") (Image)
Frame: 222.3 x 345.4 cm (87 1/2 x 136")

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of the grandchildren of C.C.A. Christensen.

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Object number830026602

DescriptionThe image's foreground is filled with a large group of male figures dressed in American frontier period clothing; most of the figures carry long rifles. In the central middle ground a large brick structure with a wooden ell on the right side has a small clearing in front of it in which one male figure lays on the ground and a second stands at his head as if ready to collapse. Rays of bright light stream down upon the two figures from the upper right corner.

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