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Alexander Jackson Davis American
Lithographed by Nathaniel Currier American
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Title: Island Retreat, or Pauper Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's Island, New York
Artist:
Alexander Jackson Davis (American, New York 1803–1892 West Orange, New Jersey)
Lithographer:
Lithographed by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813–1888 New York)
Date: ca. 1839
Medium: Lithographs, one with added watercolor
Dimensions: largest sheet: 8 13/16 x 12 1/2 in. (22.4 x 31.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
Object Number: 54.90.1374(1-5)
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