This is a drawing of six panels depicting scenes with allegorical figures. The sketches are divided into six distinct panels, each illustrating a different allegorical scene. Each panel features figures with exaggerated gestures and attire reminiscent of Classical Greek or Roman mythology. Elements include figures wearing various headdresses and holding shields, horns, or other classical attributes. The setting is simplistic to focus on the figures' actions and interactions. Handwritten annotations accompany each panel, explaining or naming the depicted event or concept.

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Political Cartoon of the American Civil War

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (American, born Germany, 1816 - 1868)

1860s

Medium: pen and black ink over graphite on blue-gray laid paper
Classification: Drawing
Dimensions: sheet: 42.55 × 51.75 cm (16 3/4 × 20 3/8 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line: Corcoran Collection (Gift of Rear Admiral E.H.C. Leutze, son of the artist, 1917)
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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