John Absolon (artist), Day & Son Ltd

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Description: View in the East Nave (The Greek Slave, by Power [sic]; from Recollections of the...

TitleView in the East Nave (The Greek Slave, by Power [sic]; from Recollections of the Great Exhibition), detail

Creator nameAbsolon, John

Creator name (description)Day & Son Ltd. (lithographer), Lloyd Brothers & Co. (publisher)

Creator nationality/cultureBritish

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1851

Object typePrint

MaterialsHand-colored lithograph with gum

DimensionsUnknown

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/631544?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=1976.664(19)&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1

Accession number1976.664(19)

SubjectsSculpture in artMuseum exhibitsPrints, AmericanGreece--History--War of Independence, 1821-1829

StatusSculpture of The Greek Slave by Hiram Powers

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2. Landscape, Democracy, Race, 1830–1850

John Davis, Michael Leja

Art of the United States, 1750–2000: Primary Sources

American historians refer to the period of the late 1820s to about 1850 as the Jacksonian Era, a way of indicating the importance of the polarizing figure of Andrew Jackson, president from 1829 to 1837, in nearly every aspect of politics, culture, and society in the United States during these years. Jackson was a leader like no other the young nation had seen. The first six presidents had all been...

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John Davis, Michael Leja

PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art

Related print edition pages: pp.60-103

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00199.003

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20027&redirecttoanchor=48779

Chapter subject tags:Artists' writingsUnited States--In artArt--Political aspectsSlavery--United StatesLandscape painting

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