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After a variety of uses, this small island in Long Island Sound first was used as a mass cemetery following the Civil War. It quickly became a burial ground for New York's indigent, then its uses expanded rapidly: a quarantine area during times of…

Burke’s lithograph depicts an unidentifiable graveyard, set on rolling hills with trees scattered throughout the image. There are small human figures in the background, but the entire print feels desolate and void. Smaller gravestones are visible…