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The Famous Coal Heaver Black Charley Looking into the Mouth of the Wonderful Coal Pit
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Hand-colored etching
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1959
Title: The Famous Coal Heaver Black Charley Looking into the Mouth of the Wonderful Coal Pit
Description:
Hand-colored etching.
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