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Manners and Customs of ye Great Republicans: From a Picture Found Amid the Ruins of the Ancient "Museo Barnumi" Near the "Forum Basilicae" in the Excavated City of Gotham

John McNevin American
1857
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  • Title: Manners and Customs of ye Great Republicans: From a Picture Found Amid the Ruins of the Ancient "Museo Barnumi" Near the "Forum Basilicae" in the Excavated City of Gotham
  • Artist: John McNevin (American, active 1857–63)
  • Date: 1857
  • Medium: Pen and ink and wash over graphite
  • Dimensions: sheet: 12 11/16 x 18 3/16 in. (32.3 x 46.2 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: 54.90.1202
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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