| Creator |
Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907, artist. |
| Contributor |
Rosenthal, L.N. publisher. |
| Title |
The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia [graphic] : Who escaped from Richmond Va. in a box 3 feet long 2 1/2 ft.
deep and 2 ft. wide. / Kramer, del.
|
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Lith. of L. Rosenthal |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1850-1851 |
| Date |
[ca. 1850 - ca. 1851] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 36 x 49 cm (14 x 19 in.) |
| Description |
Antislavery print celebrating the moment freedom seeker Henry Box Brown emerged from his crate in Philadelphia. Brown, with
the assistance of the Vigilance Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, escaped slavery by having himself shipped
to Philadelphia where he emerged in the presence of abolitionists Professor Charles D. Cleveland, J. Miller M'Kim, William
Still, and printer Lewis Thompson. Depicts Brown just emerging from his box with Still holding the crate's lid labeled, "Wm.
Johnson, Arch St. Philadelphia, This side up with Care;" Cleveland with a saw in his right hand; M'Kim with a hatchet in one
hand and using his other hand to help Still hold the lid; and Thompson pointing to Brown with his right hand as he holds in
his free hand a walking stick.
|
| Is referenced by |
Reilly 1850-4 (variant) |
|
Weitenkampf p. 101 (variant) |
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date inferred from variant described in Reilly and LCP copy described by Jeffrey Ruggles, The unboxing of Henry Box Brown
(Richmond: The Library of Virginia, 2003), 114. Ruggles notes copies of the print had been received and advertised by the
"Anti-Slavery Bugle" of Ohio before March 8, 1851.
|
|
Variant reproduced in William Still, The underground railroad (1872) p.70. [LCP Am 1872 Still, 56405.O]. |
|
Lib. Company. Annual Report, 1975, p. 59-60. |
|
Purchase 1975. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
|
Call number in location based on Reilly entry. |
| Biographical / historical note |
Kramer was a German born painter and lithographer who worked with the Rosenthals, a prominent Philadelphia family of lithographers,
by 1850 and through the early 1850s.
|
| Subject |
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- -- Portraits. |
|
Cleveland, Charles Dexter, 1802-1869 -- Portraits. |
|
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874 -- Portraits. |
|
Still, William, 1821-1902 -- Portraits. |
|
Thompson, Lewis -- Portraits. |
|
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. |
|
Abolitionists -- United States |
|
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Antislavery movements -- United States. |
|
Crates. |
|
Fugitive slaves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Shipping -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Slavery -- United States. |
|
Enslaved persons -- United States. |
|
Enslaved men -- United States. |
|
Freedom seekers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Anti-slavery prints -- United States. -- 1850-1860. |
|
Lithographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Political cartoons -- 1850-1860. |
| Printer |
Rosenthal, L.N. (Louis N.), publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1850-4R variant [8183.F] |
| Accession number |
8183.F |
