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"An Evil Tree" lithograph: a 19th-century moral warning

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Jan 31, 2025
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Harry T. Peters

This hand-colored lithograph print is part of Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection. The striking and visually dense piece, titled "An Evil Tree" or "the Natural Heart" is a symbolic moral and religious warning from the 19th century. It seems to portray the consequences of sin and spiritual corruption (the fruits) and …

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