THE ART OF THOMAS HICKS AND CELEBRITY CULUTRE IN MID-NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEW YORK

• Main Author: Robertson, Letha Clair
• Other Authors: Eldredge, Charles C., Cateforis, David, Kessler, Marni, Berg, Chuck, Earle, Jonathan
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Kansas 2010
• Subjects: Art history; History; Abraham lincoln; Celebrity; Booth; Edwin; Nineteenth century; Portraiture; Hicks; Thomas; Arctic; Kane
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/7734; http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11275

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