Pencil drawing showing two men, in a cinder-block cell, seated on the floor and with a ball and chain around one of each of their wrists. The man in the left, wears a mustache, and sits with his left knee bent and his right leg outstretched. He leans on his right hand to which the ball and chain are attached to that wrist. He wears a jacket, vest, cravat, pants, and shoes. The man in the right has very wavy hair, sits with his knees bent and his arms wrapped around them. His ball and chain is attached to his left wrist. He wears a flouncy-sleeved shirt, vest, breeches, and boots. In the left of the cell is a window with bars. A man, attired in a hat and coat, points and shouts through the bars., Title inscribed in ink below drawing., Date from manuscript note below image: received Septem 3/63., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - A-Z - Preston [P.2017.8.25]
