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The Amazon (bronzed zinc): F.L. Mott Iron Co., New York – Vintage Print

The Amazon (bronzed zinc): F.L. Mott Iron Co., New York, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving
The Amazon (bronzed zinc): F.L. Mott Iron Co., New York, [no date recorded on caption card]. Antique engraving from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with The Amazon (bronzed zinc): F.L. Mott Iron Co., New York, an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The Amazon (bronzed zinc): F.L. Mott Iron Co., New York

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This engraving shows *The Amazon*, a bronzed zinc sculpture of a warrior woman fighting a wildcat, cast by the F.L. Mott Iron Company of New York. The catalog it appeared in, *Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition*, dates the work to the 1876 Philadelphia fair, where American foundries showed statuary to a national audience. Zinc castings with a bronze finish were a cheaper alternative to solid bronze, so pieces like this one reached parlors, parks, and gardens across the country. The engraving preserves the sculpture's design for readers who never saw the original on display.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : engraving.
SubjectsIllus. in: Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition, 1876-1878, v. 2, p. 270. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Exhib.--1876; Sculpture; Animals--Wildcat.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,020 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-158081

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