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America: To Those Who Wish to Sheathe the Desolating Sword of War, and to Restore the Blessings of Peace and Amity to a Divided People

Engraver Joseph Strutt British
Designed and published by Robert Edge Pine British
1781
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  • Title: America: To Those Who Wish to Sheathe the Desolating Sword of War, and to Restore the Blessings of Peace and Amity to a Divided People
  • Engraver: Joseph Strutt (British, Chelmsford, Essex 1749–1802 London)
  • Artist: Designed and published by Robert Edge Pine (British, London (?) 1720/30?–1788 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Date: 1781
  • Medium: Stipple engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 19 3/8 × 24 1/2 in. (49.2 × 62.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.600.336
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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