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Thanksgiving Day in the Army – After Dinner: The Wish-Bone (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VIII)
December 3, 1864
Wood engraving
23.5 × 35.2 cm (9.3 × 13.9 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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