05352ckm a2200925 a 4500 000069848 20231108103423.0 kjobo 990325i18501851paunnn kneng d (CPomAG)AFR-42AF0000000R4 3 10 ppl PPL dcrmg Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907, artist. 35955 The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia [graphic] : Who escaped from Richmond Va. in a box 3 feet long 2 1/2 ft. deep and 2 ft. wide. / Kramer, del. Philadelphia : Lith. of L. Rosenthal, [ca. 1850 - ca. 1851] 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 36 x 49 cm (14 x 19 in.) Title from item. Date inferred from variant described in Reilly and LCP copy described by Jeffrey Ruggles, The unboxing of Henry Box Brown (Richmond: The Library of Virginia, 2003), 114. Ruggles notes copies of the print had been received and advertised by the "Anti-Slavery Bugle" of Ohio before March 8, 1851. Variant reproduced in William Still, The underground railroad (1872) p.70. [LCP Am 1872 Still, 56405.O]. Reilly 1850-4 (variant) Weitenkampf p. 101 (variant) Antislavery print celebrating the moment freedom seeker Henry Box Brown emerged from his crate in Philadelphia. Brown, with the assistance of the Vigilance Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, escaped slavery by having himself shipped to Philadelphia where he emerged in the presence of abolitionists Professor Charles D. Cleveland, J. Miller M'Kim, William Still, and printer Lewis Thompson. Depicts Brown just emerging from his box with Still holding the crate's lid labeled, "Wm. Johnson, Arch St. Philadelphia, This side up with Care;" Cleveland with a saw in his right hand; M'Kim with a hatchet in one hand and using his other hand to help Still hold the lid; and Thompson pointing to Brown with his right hand as he holds in his free hand a walking stick. Kramer was a German born painter and lithographer who worked with the Rosenthals, a prominent Philadelphia family of lithographers, by 1850 and through the early 1850s. Lib. Company. Annual Report, 1975, p. 59-60. Purchase 1975. 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. Call number in location based on Reilly entry. Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- Portraits. Cleveland, Charles Dexter, 1802-1869 Portraits. M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874 Portraits. Still, William, 1821-1902 Portraits. Thompson, Lewis Portraits. Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. 26502 Abolitionists United States lctgm 84337 African American men Caricatures and cartoons. African Americans Caricatures and cartoons. Antislavery movements United States. 84327 Crates. lctgm Fugitive slaves Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Shipping Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Slavery United States. lctgm 80162 Enslaved persons United States. lctgm 83770 Anti-slavery prints United States. 1850-1860. local Lithographs 1850-1860. gmgpc Political cartoons 1850-1860. gmgpc Enslaved men United States. local Freedom seekers Pennsylvania Philadelphia. local SP3 African American History SP10 Philadelphia artists. Printer Rosenthal, L.N. (Louis N.), publisher. Imprint PA. Philadelphia. 1850-1851. Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT Political Cartoons - 1850-4R variant [8183.F] 8183.F 8183-f.jpg Pr Political Cartoons - 1850-4R variant [8183.F] Pr 8183.F LCPD Political Cartoons - 1850-4 variant [8183.F] Afr-42 (CPomAG)00070487 66913 66913 000069848 CONV 00 20051208 1944 000069848 BATCH-UPD 00 20051210 1200 000069848 20060120 1727 000069848 20060201 1531 000069848 20071018 1946 000069848 CONCETTA 40 20140407 1201 000069848 LINDA 40 20210315 0958 000069848 ERIKA 40 20210322 0837 000069848 ERIKA 40 20210304 0754 000069848 ERIKA 40 20210304 0753 000069848 LINDA 40 20220428 1401 000069848 ERIKA 40 20210304 0751 000069848 ERIKA 40 20210304 0752 000069848 LINDA 40 20210315 0951 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1850-1851. Imprint Rosenthal, L.N. publisher.