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The Court of Death

Rembrandt Peale, Artist Sarony, Major and Knapp Lithographers, Artist Sarony, Major and Knapp Lithographers, Printer G. Q. Colton, Publisher
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The Court of Death

1859

Rembrandt Peale (Artist) American, 1778-1860 Sarony, Major and Knapp Lithographers (Artist) American Sarony, Major and Knapp Lithographers (Printer) American G. Q. Colton (Publisher) American

Lithograph printed in color on wove paper

Image: 15 1/4 × 26 3/4 inches (38.7 × 67.9 cm) Sheet: 20 1/2 × 29 3/4 inches (52.1 × 75.6 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. Henry Fechimer

62.159

Public Domain

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On stone, lower center: Lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway. N.Y. / THE COURT OF DEATH. / FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, BY REMBRANDT PEALE. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1859 by G.Q. Colton in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. / PUBLISHED BY G.Q. COLTON, No. 37 PARK ROW, NEW YORK.; Two columns of text on either side of title in the bottom margin provide explanations of the figures in the image

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Emma S. Fechimer;
1962-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Sarony, Major and Knapp Lithographers; after Rembrandt Peale, The Court of Death, 1859, Lithograph printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Henry Fechimer, 62.159.

The Court of Death
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