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Hedge, Franklin,
b. ca. 1830
engraver.
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"Old Joseph, the Patriarch"
[graphic] /
F. Hedge. sc.
[Boston:
s.n.,
1853]
1 print:
wood engraving;
image 9 x 14 cm. (3.25 x 5.5 in)
Frontispiece for Emily C. Pearson's Cousin Franck's Household, or, Scenes in the Old Dominion (Boston: Upham, Ford, and Olmstead, 1853).
Engraving accompanies a fictional episode described in Letter IV, "The 'Purchases' -- Old Joseph." Episode takes place on Christmas Eve in the cabin of the coachman Rafe, the slave seated on the log near the fireplace to the extreme right. Rafe has learned that he will soon be sold, and thus separated from his wife, who sits to his right, and their young child, who rests on her lap. Other slaves cluster around the couple, trying to comfort them. Leaning on his walking stick, Old Joseph (described as "the beau ideal of a patriarch, at once humble, dignified and venerable") stands and faces the group, offering words of wisdom and consolation. Interior is furnished with a bench, a chest of drawers, a large chair, and stools of varying sizes. The men's discarded top hats are placed throughout the room, as are assorted utilitarian and domestic objects, such as pots and pans, an umbrella, and an axe. In the foreground, a book, quite possibly the Bible, rests on a stool.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Slavery
Virginia
Pictorial works
19th century.
African American families.
67128
Slaves
Domestic life.
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Slaves
Dwellings.
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Fictitious characters.
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Wood engravings
1850-1860.
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Book illustrations
1850-1860.
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SP3
African American History
Pearson, Emily Clemens.
Cousin Franck's household.
Boston: Upham, Ford and Olmstead, 1853.
Imprint
MA. Boston
1853.
Library Company of Philadelphia
Rare
Am 1853 Pear 73222.O frontispiece
Digital image
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2792
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