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    		• May, Edward Harrison,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Ceremony -- Religion
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Painting
     
     
    Last Days of Christopher Columbus, (painting).
    Artist: 
    May, Edward Harrison, 1824-1887, painter.
    Title: 
    Last Days of Christopher Columbus, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1861.
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 95 3/4 x 62 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Lower right:) May/Paris 1861 signed
    Description: 
    An eldery, white-haired man sits at a table and writes in a book with a white quill. A younger man stands behind him at left and supports his right arm. In the background stands a priest with a ciborium and his right arm raised in blessing. An acolyte stands toward the center and holds a crucifix on a staff.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Elderly
    Figure group
    Occupation -- Religion
    Ceremony -- Religion
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Northwestern University, School of Law, 357 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611
    References: 
    Northwestern University School of Law, 2002.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 67550001
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