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and it was scarcely advertised. It was not hailed by critics either, with one calling the work "oppressive". The success of the painting was largely due to Ryder's marketing of the chromolithographs, sold first at five dollars a piece and for less as the exhibition progressed. After the exhibition, the painting garnered enough popularity to tour across the country to large crowds.
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in 1876. Common myths claim that people were so inspired by it that
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Willard developed the painting from a sketch, which included three men dancing and singing. He used his father, Samuel
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