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The Butcher
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The Butcher

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1860
MediumHand-colored ambrotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (10.8 x 8.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4789
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DescriptionHoused in half-case. Image of two standing men with a small table bearing slabs of meat between them. Man on the left (a butcher) is carving a piece of meat.
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