Escape from Sodom + Gomorrah

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A wood engraving depicting people running down a path while a city burns in background. In the center of the print are four figures, three female and one male, running down a path. On the left side of the print is a tree with buildings and smoke in the background. On the right side of the print is a village burning. There are three inscriptions in pencil just beneath the image: the title [Escape from Sodom + Gomorrah] at left, the edition [9/50] at center, and the artist's signature [James L. Wells '82] at right. There is loss to the bottom left corner.

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