 | Eastman Johnson, "Old Kentucky Home, Negro Life in the South," 1859, frame: 51 x 61 x 5 in. ( 129.5 x 154.9 x 12.7 cm ) image: 37 x 46 in. ( 94 x 116.8 cm ); oil on linen. Chromolithograph by Bencke & Scott, 1876,18 x 24 in.
Copyright The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024. The Robert L. Stuart Collection, on permanent loan from the New York Public Library. Inventory Number: S-225. All rights reserved. |
 | The Capitol and its environs. c. 1850. Painting. Phelps Stokes Collection. Courtesy of The New York Public Library, 1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. Our thanks to The Library. 8.3.6, 8.9.4 |
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President Franklin Pierce, 1853-57. Mathew Brady photo. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-cwpbh-02545. |
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