| Creator |
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist. |
| Contributor |
King & Baird, printer. |
|
Umpehent, J.W., copyright holder. |
|
Bott, S., publisher. |
|
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
King & Baird, printer. |
| Title |
Emancipation. [graphic] / Th. Nast; King & Baird, Printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Published by S. Bott, No. 43 South Third Street |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1865 |
| Date |
1865 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : wood engraving; sheet 45 x 59 cm (17.5 x 23.25 in.) |
| Description |
Emancipation print depicting a series of scenes contrasting African American life during and after slavery. Central scene
portrays the interior of a free person's home where several generations of the family socialize around a "Union" stove as
the mother cooks. Below this scene is a portrait of Lincoln and above it a depiction of Thomas Crawford's statue of freedom,
as well as the hell hound Cerberus fleeing Liberty. Scenes to the right display the horrors of slavery including the flogging,
branding, selling, and capturing of enslaved people. Scenes to the left display the forthcoming results of freedom including
the exterior of a free person's cottage, African American children attending public school, and African Americans receiving
payment for their work.
|
| Is referenced by |
Reilly, 1865-3 |
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J.W. Umpehent, in the Clerk's Office
of the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
|
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Originally published in Harper's weekly, January 24, 1863. |
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McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
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Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
|
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.
|
| Biographical / historical note |
Nast was a cartoonist and illustrator most known for his work for the 19th-century periodical "Harper's Weekly." |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Portraits. |
|
African American children -- United States. |
|
African American men -- United States. |
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African American families -- United States. |
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African American women -- United States. |
|
African Americans. |
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African Americans -- Education -- United States. |
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Freedmen -- United States. |
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Liberty. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States. |
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Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States. |
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Enslaved persons -- Social conditions -- United States. |
|
Enslaved people -- United States. |
|
Free person -- United States. |
|
Freedom seekers -- United States. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Genre |
Political cartoons -- 1860-1870. |
|
Wood engravings -- 1860-1870. |
| Printer |
Bott, S., publisher. |
|
Umpehent, J.W., copyright holder. |
| Printer |
King & Baird, printer. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department | Political Cartoons - 1865-3R [5792.F] |
| Accession number |
5792.F |
