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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1856

Location Note

Sheet Music Box

GUSN

GUSN-199187

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Description

This is a lithograph illustrating a bet made by Ben Perley-Poore regarding the outcome of the presidential vote in Massachusetts. The text under the image explains this.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sheet music
prints (visual works)
lithographs

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR211OVR

Physical Description

1 lithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.211

Image Dimensions

13 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

Cutting & Turner (Photographer)
J.H. Bufford & Co. (Lithographer)
Oliver Ditson & Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
lithographs

Other People

Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887

Restrictions

poor - hole

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Sheet Music Box

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