Details
Creator Hayes, George H. engraver.
Contributor Manning.
Title The marriage [graphic] / Manning del ; Hayes, G.H.. sc.
Publisher [Boston: s.n]
Publisher MA. Boston 1853
Date [1853]
Physical Description 1 print: wood engraving; image 9 x 14 cm. (3.25 x 5.5 in)
Description Engraving accompanies a fictional episode described in Letter XI, "The Marriage." Leaning over the staircase balustrade in the upper left, the story's narrator observes the scene taking place below, as does Cleopatra, an elderly slave, who watches from several steps down. In the center of the scene, mistress Rosalie forces the slaves Mima and Juniper to jump over a broomstick that stretches between two chairs. This is part of the forced marriage ceremony over which Rosalie presides. When the weeping Mima hesitates to jump, Rosalies boxes her ears with her slipper. In the background, another house-slave watches from behind a door.
Is part of Pearson, Emily Clemens. Cousin Franck's household. Boston: Upham, Ford and Olmstead, 1853.
Notes Plate in Emily C. Pearson's Cousin Franck's Household, or, Scenes in the Old Dominion (Boston: Upham, Ford, and Olmstead, 1853), p 168.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Subject Slavery -- Virginia -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Slaves -- Marriage.
Fictitious characters.
Genre Engravings -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1853 Pear 73222.O p 168
Accession number 73222.O