[Lynching of Musgrove] – Vintage Wall Art
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(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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[Lynching of Musgrove] comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Lynching of Musgrove]
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The title names a man, Musgrove, and shows a crowd gathered around a hanging in this line engraving by A.P. Proctor. The catalog dates it only to the 1870s, and the caption card notes a figure smoking tobacco among the onlookers. Line engravings were cut by hand into metal plates, and their fine parallel strokes let printmakers render dense groups of spectators. Images of lynchings from this period were sometimes reproduced as sensational scenes, so viewers should consider what the engraver chose to emphasize. The record is unverified, so the identity of Musgrove and the exact circumstances remain uncertain.
| Medium | 1 print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [ca. 187-] |
| Subjects | Line engraving by A.P. Proctor. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Crowds; BI; Executions--Lynching--Ca. 187--; Tobacco--Smoking; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,180 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126852 |
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