A black-and-white print of group of people crying over dead loved ones on a street.

Martial Law

George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879)

Date

1872
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Mezzotint, stipple, and engraving
Contributors

Engraved by John Sartain
Dimensions

Image: 21 11/16 x 31 1/4 in.
Sheet: 23 13/16 x 31 1/16 in.
Edition

Proof
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: PAINTED BY GEO. C. BINGHAM
l.l.: [descriptive account, text of General Order No. 11]
l.c.: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1872 BY GEO. L. [sic] BINGHAM & CO. IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. \ PUBLISHED BY GEO. C. BINGHAM & CO. COLUMBIA & KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI / MARTIAL LAW \ AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE DESOLATION OF BORDER COUNTIES OF MISSOURI, DURING THE ENFORCEMENT OF MILITARY ORDERS, \ ISSUED BY BRIGADIER GENERAL EWING, OF THE FEDERAL ARMY, FROM HIS HEAD QUARTERS, KANSAS CITY, AUGt. 25th 1863 \ Dedicated to the Friends of \ Civil Liberty, by the Publishers
l.r.: ENGRAVED BY JOHN SARTAIN \ PROOF
l.r.: [descriptive account, text of General Order No. 11]
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1971.43
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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