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Massacre at Fort Mimms

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Image ID

833826


Item data

Title

Massacre at Fort Mimms

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Massacres

Names

Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1858

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC MASSA

Subjects

Massacres
Indians of North America -- Alabama -- Fort Mims -- 1810-1819
Massacres -- Alabama -- Fort Mims -- 1810-1819
Forts & fortifications
palisades (outworks)

Genres

Conjectural Works

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: "Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1874 by Johnson, Wilson, & Co. in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington" "From an original painting by Chappel, in possession of the publishers"--printed on border.
Source Note: History of the United States from the earliest period to the administration of James Buchanan. (New York : Johnson, Fry, 1858) Spencer, J. A. (Jesse Ames) (1816-1898), Author.

Physical Description

Steel engravings
Extent: 22 x 28 cm. (8 3/4 x 11 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17960468
Barcode: 33333159484779
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4938be80-c557-012f-b952-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1858

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Massacre at Fort Mimms" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1858. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4938be80-c557-012f-b952-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1858). Massacre at Fort Mimms Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4938be80-c557-012f-b952-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Massacre at Fort Mimms" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4938be80-c557-012f-b952-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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