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In this scene, a man wearing a suit of armor on a white horse is surrounded by men w/ swords and spears all aimed at him. He regards the princess who appears to be praying and looking heavenward. Several other women beside and behind her are rushing inside the nearest building entrance. Framed in a 2 in. dark wood frame.
prints (visual works)
chromolithography
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
horse (animal)
men (male humans)
violence
women (female humans)
Unidentified Paper
Chromo Lithograph
Horse
Women
Men
Violence
PICTURE
Printed beneath the print: ""Paris Ve Turgis Rue St. Jacques, 16.; Lith. de Turgis; et a Toulouse, Rue St. Rome, 53."" See worksheet for further writing on front of print.
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Turgis, Vve. (Maker)
Paris, France
14.25 x 18.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1232
1850-1870 (Possibly)
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