The Fight

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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 lithograph of an altercation between multiple male figures. Depicted in front of a harbor cityscape background is a group of men in various states of agitation. From left to right, one man is speaking to a baton wielding policeman, one man is on his back on the ground with one man is kneeling next to him and two other men standing around him. On the right side of the print, another policeman sits on top of a rearing horse, holding a baton raised in the air. There is a man standing in front of him with one arm raised and two men standing on the other side of the horse. The background of the print shows a tugboat and several larger ships in a river or harbor with a city skyline on the opposite shore.

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