| Creator |
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist. |
| Contributor |
King & Baird, printer. |
|
King & Baird, printer. |
| Title |
The past and the future. [graphic] / Th. Nast. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Printed in Colors by King & Baird, 607 Sansom Street, Philada., and by them presented to The Great Central
Fair
|
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1864 |
| Date |
[1864] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : color wood engraving ; sheet 38 x 52 cm (15 x 20.5 in.) |
| Description |
Emancipation print 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. The horrors of
slavery are depicted through scenes of the flogging, branding, selling, and capturing of enslaved people. The forthcoming
results of freedom are depicted through scenes of the exterior of a free person's cottage, African American children attending
public school, and African Americans receiving payment for their work. Also depicted are: a baby angel freeing the shackles
of a kneeling enslaved man as the angel is held under the year 1863 by Father Time; Thomas Crawford's statue of freedom; and
the hellhound Cerberus fleeing liberty. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of 1864 was organized by the Philadelphia division
of the United States Sanitary Commission to raise money for their soldier relief organization. Although emancipation was a
popular theme of the fair, African Americans were excluded from the exhibition.
|
| Is referenced by |
Reilly, 1865-3 |
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date inferred from content. |
|
Inscribed: Price [Fif?]ty Cents. |
|
Originally published in "Harper's weekly," January 24, 1863. |
|
LCP exhibition catalogue: African American Miscellany, p. 22. |
|
Accessioned 1987. |
|
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.
|
| Subject |
African Americans. |
|
African Americans -- Education -- United States. |
|
African American children. |
|
African American families -- United States. |
|
African American men. |
|
African American women. |
|
Freedmen -- United States. |
|
Liberty. |
|
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States. |
|
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 -- Color -- 1860-1870. |
| Printer |
King & Baird, printer. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Political Cartoons - 1865-3a variant [P.9177.30] |
| Accession number |
P.9177.30 |
