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The Iron Woman
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The Iron Woman

Date1843
MediumDrypoint
DimensionsSheet: 134 x 108 mm. (5 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Plate: 106 x 91 mm. (4 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineThe George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object number1996.48.6358
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Do you want gold, do you want money, do you want diamonds, millions, zillions? Step right up, let us help you... Boom! Boom! Boom-bond-bond!! Here's bitumen, here's steel, here's lead, here’s gold, here's paper, here's galvanizzzeddd iron... Step up, step up quickly, the law will change, you'll lose everything, hurry up, buy, buy your shares! Buy your shares now!! Boom! Boom!! Boom-boom-boom!! Bond! Bond!!
Do you want gold, do you want money, do you want diamonds, millions, zillions? Step right up, let us help you... Boom! Boom! Boom-bond-bond!! Here's bitumen, here's steel, here's lead, here’s gold, here's paper, here's galvanizzzeddd iron... Step up, step up quickly, the law will change, you'll lose everything, hurry up, buy, buy your shares! Buy your shares now!! Boom! Boom!! Boom-boom-boom!! Bond! Bond!!
1838
Image Not Available for Leander. / Each night, little dressed but in noble fashion, / He was counting on his arms of iron / And swam with might across the seas / To have her love fulfill his pleas. / (Byron, rather mixed poems)
Leander. / Each night, little dressed but in noble fashion, / He was counting on his arms of iron / And swam with might across the seas / To have her love fulfill his pleas. / (Byron, rather mixed poems)
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