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The Brooks Forces Evacuating the State House at Little Rock
Howard Pyle1895/1895
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington, DE, United States
Pyle depicts a scene of a 1874 civil disturbance during armed conflict over the disputed Arkansas gubernatorial election of 1872. One faction, led by James Brooks, forcibly took over the state capitol building.
Details
- Title: The Brooks Forces Evacuating the State House at Little Rock
- Date: 1895/1895
- Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: H. Pyle (LRC)
- Physical Dimensions: w11.875 x h18 in (Complete)
- Illustrator: Howard Pyle
- Illustration Citation: A History of the Last Quarter Century, by E. Benjamin Andrews, in Scribner's Magazine, May 1895
- Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 1915
- Provenance: Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.
- Type: Drawings
- Rights: Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.
- External Link: http://emuseum.delart.org:8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:8331
- Medium: Black-and-white oil on illustration board
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