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The mother's struggle [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2795
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Details
Creator
Baker & Smith engraver.
Contributor
Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874 ill.
Title
The mother's struggle [graphic].
Publisher
[Boston: s.n]
Publisher
MA: Boston 1853
Date
[1853]
Physical Description
1 print: engraving; image 8 x 9.5 cm. (3.25 x 3.75 in)
Description
Illustration shows the fictional character, Eliza, and her young son, Harry, as they flee from slavery in search of freedom. As Stowe wrote, "The frosty ground creaked beneath her feet, and she trembled at the sound; every quaking leaf and fluttering shadow sent the blood backward to her heart, and quickened her footsteps." (p. 74)
Is part of
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1986, Uncle Tom's cabin. Boston: John P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington, 1853.
Notes
Illustration in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (Boston: John P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington, 1853), p. 73.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Fugitives.
Subject
Eliza (Fictitious character)
Fugitive slaves -- Capture & imprisonment.
African American mothers.
Genre
Engravings -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1853 Stowe 12939.O p 73
Accession number
12939.O
In Collections
Fels African Americana Image Project
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