Details
Creator Tunison & Son, photographer.
Title [Staged scene, possibly an allusion to the Emancipation Proclamation, depicting a kneeling African American boy, white woman and girls representing figures of Liberty, and a white man dressed as a soldier] [graphic] / Tunison & Son, photographers, Tiffin, O.
Publisher Tiffin, O[hio]
Date [ca. 1863]
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 6 cm (4 x 2.5 in.) (carte de visite format)
Description Scene shows, in the right, the back of the kneeling boy, his hands clasped and raised to his chin. He is attired in a long-sleeved garment, pants, and boots. The soldier, attired in a hardee hat and light-colored military jacket, stands beside the boy, looks down at home, and points his right hand in the direction of the woman figure of Liberty, in the left of the image, and seated on a makeshift throne. She wears a crown adorned with stars, a white dress cinched at the waist and adorned with the detail of a striped shield at the chest. She holds a scepter up and across her chest with her left hand. In front of her, and between her and the soldier are three girls of different ages from young to adolescent. The girls wear crowns adorned with a star and white dresses. They each hold a hand over their heart. Scene also includes a plain backdrop, ornamented floor, and possibly a partial view of an American flag in the left.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Dated inferred from content and active dates of Tunison & Son.
Purchased with the Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch African American History Fund.
RVCDC
Biographical / historical note Tunison & Son was the partnership between David C. Tunison (ca. 1821-1887) and his son Oscar B. Tunison (1842-1925). The business operated under that name circa 1863-circa 1889. David C. Tunison had previously worked in a partnership with Fabius B. Faye 1855-1863. By 1872, Tunison & Son was advertised as one of the "institutions" of the city of Tiffin.
Subject United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation
African American boys.
Girls.
Kneeling.
Liberty.
Soldiers.
Women.
African American History.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Genre photographs -- 1860-1870.
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv - Tunison & Son - Genre [P.2024.45]
Accession number P.2024.45