Evangeline

Artist Christopher Washington Motes (American, 1837 - 1919)

Dateca. 1889

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage: 16 3/8 x 21 3/4 inches (41.59 x 55.25 cm)
Framed: 30 1/8 x 33 3/4 inches (76.52 x 85.73 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4104

InscribedNotations see description Front of Mount Printed on mount Description: "C.W. Motes, Photographer, Atlanta, Ga. / Evangeline / (lines from Longfellow poem): "In friendly contention the old men, ...Sat the lovers and whispered together."

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DescriptionLengthy printing (including lines from a Longfellow poem) on mount. Image of a couple gazing at eachother, while two men, seated at a table next to them, play checkers.

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