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Drawing, Actor

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Frederick Blum. It is dated 1870–1879 and we acquired it in 1904. Its medium is graphite on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Henrietta Haller. It is credited Gift of Henrietta Haller.

Its dimensions are

14.2 × 11.2 cm (5 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black, lower left, (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Recto: Numbered in graphite, upper left corner: (185); Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: 1879; Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center (artist's hand): Jackson x Ellsworth affair/ first bloodshed in War/ Ellsworth of the Ellsworth Zouaves coming / to occupy the town May 24th 1861/ was shot in attempting to carry down/ the confederate flag hoisted on the/ Marshall ? House/ Braddock’s House x Mansion was/ the headquarters of hospital/ during the entire war/ Mrs. Surratt was first female politically hung for the harboring of Booth

Cite this object as

Drawing, Actor; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857–1903); USA; graphite on wove paper; 14.2 × 11.2 cm (5 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.); Gift of Henrietta Haller; 1904-16-221

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