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The Declaration of Independence illustrated. [graphic] / Fabronius; Designed by R. Thayer; L. Prang & Co. Lith, Boston.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A8168
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Details
Creator
Fabronius, Dominique, artist.
Contributor
Thayer, R., designer.
B.W. Thayer & Co., publisher.
L. Prang & Co., 1824-1909, lithographer.
Title
The Declaration of Independence illustrated. [graphic] / Fabronius; Designed by R. Thayer; L. Prang & Co. Lith, Boston.
Publisher
Boston : Published by Thayer & Co
Publisher
MASS. Boston. 1861
Date
1861
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 50 x 41 cm (19.5 x 16 in.)
Description
Cartoon evoking the Declaration of Independence to promote the emancipation from enslavement. Depicts rays of light representing God above a soaring American eagle that clutches olive and oak branches and two American flags labelled "All Men are Created Equal" and "Stand by the Declaration." Suspended from the flags is a large basket in which an African American man and a white man are seated. The African American man drops his broken shackles out of the basket as the abolitionist proclaims "Break Every Yoke; Let the Oppressed Go Free" to a large crowd of men, women, and children cheering below. Among the crowd is a white man Union soldier; a white newsboy selling the "Herald," an abolition newspaper; and a free African American man. Verses of text appear atop the rays of light and beside the basket espousing the religious, moral, and historical justifications for emancipation.
Is referenced by
Reilly, 1861-41
Notes
Title from item.
Date from copyright statement.
Purchase 1968.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Biographical / historical note
Dominique C. Fabronius was a respected Belgian born lithographer, watercolorist, and portraitist who worked in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York.
Subject
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Abolitionists.
Baskets.
Eagles -- United States.
Flags -- American.
Free African Americans.
Freedmen -- United States.
Liberty.
Shackles.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
Slavery -- United States.
Enslaved men -- United States.
Free African American men -- United States.
Geographic subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre
Antislavery prints -- 1860-1870.
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Political cartoons -- 1860-1870.
Illustrator
Thayer, R., designer.
L. Prang & Co., 1824-1909, lithographer.
Printer
B.W. Thayer & Co., publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1861-41 [7700.F]
Accession number
7700.F
In Collections
Political Cartoons Collection
Civil War Political Cartoons
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