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[Country place of worship] [graphic] / Drawn & lithd. at Kollners Lithy. Philada.
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Creator
Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906.
Title
[Country place of worship] [graphic] / Drawn & lithd. at Kollners Lithy. Philada.
Publisher
Philad[elphi]a : Published by the American Sunday School Union, no. 146 Chestnut Street
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1852
Date
[1852]
Physical Description
1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 22 x 26 cm (8.5 x 10.25 in.)
Description
Genre scene from a children's moral instruction book showing a man, children, and horses at leisure outside of a small church building within a grove of trees. In the right foreground, an African American man lies against a log, arms crossed, head down, and dozes near three, saddled horses bridled to a tree. Behind him, two white boys sit in the grass beside a dog and look over a book. In the right background, two, saddled horses are bridled to a tree near two white boys and a girl in conversation. In the left background, three, saddled horses are bridled within a cluster of trees. Scene also includes a small turtle passing the horses in the foreground. One appears to watch it. A white man stands near the church in the center background. Pastureland is visible in the distant, right background. All the male figures are attired in hats, jackets, and pants. The girl wears a bonnet and dress.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on recto.
Date from date of publication in which print is included.
Published in Common sights on land and water (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1852).
Gift of David Doret.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject
African American men -- United States.
Children -- United States.
Churches -- United States.
Country life -- United States.
Horses -- United States.
Genre
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Genre prints -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.4]
Accession number
P.2018.63.4
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African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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