Foraging - The Slaughter of the Innocents

Title

Foraging - The Slaughter of the Innocents

Abstract

Close action scene.

Artist

Date

no date

Transcription

Recto: "Sketched near Bessyville, Mo. Camp Foraging The Slaughter of the Innocents."
Verso: no text; caricature of a fat man with monocle.

Condition

Vertical folds; rip along bottom margin; stains at all corners; slight loss of paper on right corners.

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

7.5 x 9.5 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

37.3714432, -90.0889964

Source

Original drawing location: CW-HL-MO-NDb (Box 5.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4522

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-HL-MO-NDb

Citation

Lovie, Henri, “Foraging - The Slaughter of the Innocents,” The Becker Collection, accessed March 28, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2686.