Marriage celebration
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835331
Item data
Title
Marriage celebration
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Marriage customs - A-L
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1849
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC MARRI-(A-L)
Subjects
Brides
Mandingo (African people)
Marriage
Weddings -- Africa
Genres
Notes
Source Note: A pictorial geography of the world. (Boston : Strong, 1849) Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) (1793-1860), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 10.2 x 14.5 cm
Abstract
"...the bride is carried to her husband's house on the shoulders of an old woman, who walks all the way upon mats spread before her."--printed on border.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17261899
Barcode: 33333159467683
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d24c1f50-c556-012f-7033-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1849
Cite this item
MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Marriage celebration" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1849. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d24c1f50-c556-012f-7033-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1849). Marriage celebration Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d24c1f50-c556-012f-7033-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Marriage celebration" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d24c1f50-c556-012f-7033-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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