Details
Creator Green, W. T., fl. 1837-1872 engraver.
Contributor Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 artist.
Title Eliza crosses the Ohio on the floating ice [graphic] / G. Cruikshank ; W.T. Green sc.
Publisher [London: s.n]
Publisher ENGLAND: London 1852
Date [1852]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; image 10 x 16 cm. (3.75 x 6.25 in)
Description Engraving illustrates an episode from Chapter 7, "The Mother's Struggle." With her young son, Harry, in her arms, Eliza crosses the frozen Ohio River in search of freedom. In the background at the left, the slave-trader from whom she has fled stands on the river's edge. Next to him, two slaves lift their hands in a gesture of rejoicing.
Is part of Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1986. Uncle Tom's cabin. London: John Cassell, Ludgate Hill, 1852.
Notes Illustration in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (London: John Cassell, Ludgate Hill, 1852), p. 16.
Caption underneath the image reads: "The huge green fragment of ice on which she alighted pitched and creaked as her weight came on it, but she staid there not a moment. With wild cries and desperate energy she leaped to another and still another cake; -- stumbling -- leaping -- slipping -- springing upwards again! Her shoes are gone -- her stockings cut from her feet -- while blood marked every step." --Page 51.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Fugitives.
Subject Eliza (Fictitious character)
Fugitive slaves -- Capture & imprisonment -- United States.
Genre Engravings -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1852 Sto 72726.O p 16.
Accession number 72726.O