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"Fell the shining hatchets quickly 'mid the thickly-crowded women"

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Image ID

808300


Item data

Title

"Fell the shining hatchets quickly 'mid the thickly-crowded women"

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1701s-1740s

Names

Lumley, Arthur, ca. 1837-1912 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1860-03-17

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-170

Subjects

United States -- 1700-1799
Massacres
Deerfield (Mass.) -- History -- Siege, 1704
Indians of North America -- 1700-1709
Scalping
United States -- History -- Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713
Women -- Massachusetts -- Deerfield -- 1700-1709

Genres

Conjectural Works
Periodical Illustrations

Notes

Content: Written on border: "From 'The sack of Deerfield, March, 1704,' a ballad of Massachussetts, by Thomas Dunn. English"
Source Note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 17 x 25 cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17168624
Barcode: 33333159308663
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dce01810-c52f-012f-fc75-58d385a7bc34

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

1860-03-17

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. ""Fell the shining hatchets quickly 'mid the thickly-crowded women"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1860. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dce01810-c52f-012f-fc75-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1860). "Fell the shining hatchets quickly 'mid the thickly-crowded women" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dce01810-c52f-012f-fc75-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. ""Fell the shining hatchets quickly 'mid the thickly-crowded women"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dce01810-c52f-012f-fc75-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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