Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
GovernorsIsland2018_a
Description:
Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, New York City, c. 1852-1853. Oil on canvas. Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman, New-York Historical Society, 1925.6.
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