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Might is Right

(English, 1817–1864)
Medium/TechniqueWood engraving on paper
DimensionsSheet: 21.0 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit LineSamuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession number62.686
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPrinted below: title/Van Driver. "I DON'T KNOW NUTHUN ABOUT NO RIGHT SIDES NOR WRONG SIDES. YOU GET OUT/ OF THE WAY, IF YER DON'T WANT TO BE MADE A WAFER OF!"/ [Where are the Police?
ProvenanceMaury A. Bromsen, Boston; from whom purchased September 19, 1962 with Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
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