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Description (Brief):

Colored print of main branch and sub-branches of a tree representing public wrongs and their punishments.

Date Made: 1838

Maker: J. H. Bufford and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

Subject: EducationU.S. National Government, judiciaryChronology: 1830-1839Trials

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See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Art, Peters Prints, Domestic Furnishings

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Related Publication: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone, Tree of Legal Knowledge

Credit Line: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.60.2453Catalog Number: 60.2453Accession Number: 228146

Object Name: lithographObject Type: Lithograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: image: 17 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in; 44.45 cm x 36.83 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2bdc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_324781

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Public Wrongs