The Hand-Writing On the Wall, Or the Modern Belshazzar
Publisher Currier & Ives American
Sitter Jefferson Davis American
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Title: The Hand-Writing On the Wall, Or the Modern Belshazzar
Publisher:
Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
Sitter:
Jefferson Davis (American, Fairview, Kentucky 1808–1889 New Orleans, Louisiana)
Date: 1865
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions:
Image: 9 3/8 × 14 3/16 in. (23.8 × 36 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/16 × 18 1/8 in. (34.2 × 46 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
Object Number: 52.632.213
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