<I>Maryland, My Maryland!</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1931
name: label: Created by
content: Edmund Duffy, American, 1899 - 1962
label: Subject of
content: Matthew Williams, 1908 -1931
notes: label: Description
content: A lithographic print depicting the 1931 lynching of a man, Matthew Williams, in Salisbury, Maryland. Williams is hanging from a tree with a rope around his neck. He wears a bandage on his head and his body is contorted with head down, knees bent, fingers splayed and toes curled. In the background are houses and buildings, and what may be smoke from a fire rising from the lower left corner. The print is titled and signed by the artist on the front.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Lynching
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Movement
content: Anti-Lynching Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Allen Seeber
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.66
objectType: label: Type
content: lithographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lithographic ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (paper): 22 3/4 x 16 in. (57.8 x 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (framed): 27 5/8 x 22 9/16 x 13/16 in. (70.2 x 57.3 x 2.1 cm)