Occupation of Alexandria from Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War

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Occupation of Alexandria from Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War

Kara Walker
(b. 1969)
artist

Object Type

Print

Medium

Commercial/offset printing with screen printing on paper

Date

2005

Edition

22/35
35

Dimensions

990.6 x 1346.2 mm (sheet)

Credit

Art Collection purchase, 2014

Accession Number

2014.4.1

  • armies
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Exhibition History

Treasures Since 2000, 3/23/2015 to 7/31/2015

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