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Washburn, Miss.
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Title
Washburn, Miss.
Alternate title
Miss Washburn.
Publisher
[Philadelphia? : s.n.]
Date
[1860?]
Physical description
1 print : tinted lithograph ; 9.1 x 15.7 cm.
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Miss Washburn holding a rifle and glancing back at a wounded Indian.
Notes
In Frost, John. Daring and heroic deeds of American women (Philadelphia, 1860), plate following p. 268.
After being held captive for ten years by a group of Indians, Miss Washburn encountered several pioneers. She persuaded them to provide her with a rifle, which she then used to kill two of her captors as they launched an attack on the pioneers.
Genre
Portrait prints -- 1860-1869.
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1860-1869.
Subject
Washburn, Miss -- Portraits.
Women.
Indians of North America.
Indian captivities.
Frontier and pioneer life.
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Portraits of American Women
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