Military Execution of James Griffin... for Desertion and Highway Robbery...1863
date: label: date made
content: 1863
name: label: maker
content: Endicott and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Military Execution of James Griffin, alias John Thomas Barnett, a Private of the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, for Desertion and Highway Robbery, At Portsmouth, VA, Sept. 17th, 1863
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content: Endicott & Co. Lith. 55 Beekman Street, New York. Identification of troops ranged around the scene of the firing squad, including colored troops; civilian bystanders, including African Americans. 1st Regt US Col’d Troops; 2nd US Col’d Troops; 21st Conn. Vols; Detach’t 7th NY Battery; Detach’t 5th Pa Cavalry; Detach’t 11th Pa Cavalry; 14th NY Vols.
label: Description
content: This print represents a standardized image format showing the array of regiments and firing squad. The names of the deserter, regiments, place, and date have been printed separately from the image, suggesting a design template to which appropriate names and dates could be added.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Military
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ingrid R. Rose in memory of Milton R. Rose
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0197.08
label: accession number
content: 2015.0197
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0197.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 cm x 45.5 cm; 13 3/8 in x 17 29/32 in