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John Sartain

George Caleb Bingham

Martial Law (Order No. 11)

1872

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  • Artist engraver John Sartain (American, 1808–1897)
    After George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811–1879)
  • Title Martial Law (Order No. 11)
  • Date 1872
  • Medium Steel engraving
  • Edition description proof
  • Dimensions framed | 30 1/2 x 40 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.
  • Credit line University purchase in honor of Cecile Lowenhaupt with funds from Janice Broderick, Phyllis Brown, Mary Brunstrum, Judy Champ, Donald Cresswell, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eagleton, Dorothy Firestone, Gary Godwin, Jeffrey Hartz, Corrine Jones, Rozanne Kennedy, Joseph Ketner, Ernest Kramer, Barbara Leibowits, Laura McCanna, Peggy McClennan, Jenny Maritz, David Mesker, Heidi O'Gorman, William Shearburn, Nancy Singer, & Robert Stein, 1993
  • Object number WU 1993.7

1993
Carol Brown

Inscription Recto, lower right, in plate below image: Engraved by John Sartain

Inscription Recto, lower left, in plate below image: Painted by Geo. C. Bingham

Inscription Recto, lower left, in graphite: G.C. Bingham

Inscription Recto, lower center, in plate below image: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1872. BY GEO. C. BINGHAM & CO. IN WASHINGTON D.C. / Published by Geo. C. Bingham & Co. Columbia & Kansas City, Missouri / MARTIAL LAW. / AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE DESOLATION OF BORDER COUNTIES OF MISSOURI, DURING THE ENFORCEMENT OF MILITARY ORDERS, / ISSUED BY BRIGADIER GENERAL EWING, OF THE FEDERAL ARMY, FROM HIS HEAD QUARTERS, KANSAS CITY, AUGt. 25th 1863. / Dedicated to the Friends of Civil Liberty by the Publishers

Inscription Recto, lower left, in plate below image: General Orders No. 11

Inscription Recto, lower right, in plate below image: PROOF

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