The Marvellous Mowing-Match Illustration

The Marvellous Mowing-Match Illustration
Title
The Marvellous Mowing-Match Illustration
Rights
Public Domain, from Temperance Alliance magazine
Type
Illustration for Poem
Creator
Artist not yet identified
Date
September 1859
Description
Death, the Devil, and the Drunkard mowing with scythes. Note the Devil is dark-skinned, but his facial hair looks more like a Spaniard than any African-American of the time.
Item sets
Burleigh Resources ALL
Visual Resources for Illustrative Purposes
Site pages
Understanding the Temperance Cause
Visual Settings of George Shepard Burleigh's Poems
Media
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