GOFF EXECUTION. Ye Execution of Goff Ye Neger of Mr. Hochins on Ye Commons
New York: D. Valentine, [1860]. Original lithograph depicting the public execution of Goff, an enslaved man belonging to a "Mr. Hochins," on the Commons in colonial New York. The scene reconstructs an early eighteenth-century execution at what is now City Hall Park, showing the gallows, assembled soldiers, spectators, horse cart, livestock, and surrounding buildings of early Manhattan. Very Good. Item #9714
Image is 6⅛ × 3½ inches on a sheet measuring 7¼ × 4½ inches. Original nineteenth-century lithograph on wove paper. Trimmed from1860 issue of Valentine's Manual. From private collection Minor age toning and penciled notes in margin.
Price: $95.00
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