| Contributor |
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Uncle Tom's cabin |
| Title |
[Trio gem lantern slide of scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] , [publisher not identified] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1890 |
| Date |
[ca. 1890] |
| Physical Description |
3 photographs : transparencies on glass ; 6 x 12 cm (2.5 x 4.5 in.) (lantern slide format) |
| Description |
Lantern slide with three sequential scenes from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s "Uncle Tom’s Cabin." Depicts scenes from chapters
26, 40, and 41. Chapter 26 image shows the deathbed scene of Eva St. Clair. Shows Eva in bed, seated up, holding a bouquet
of flowers in her lap, and surrounded by people. Eva's parents Mr. and Mrs. St. Clare sit on either side of the bed and Miss
Ophelia kneels and cries behind Mr. St. Clare. Mrs. St. Clare holds a fan, has a handkerchief in her lap, and looks toward
Eva. Mr. St. Claire, rests his head in one hand, and has his other hand on the bed. In front of Eva, the enslaved men and
women of the household, including Tom, kneel, stand, pray, hold handkerchiefs, and cry. The setting also includes a window
with open drapes, a curtain behind Eva's bed, and a side table adorned with a vase of flowers. Chapter 40 scene represents
the beating of Tom by his enslaver Simon Legree following the escape of the enslaved Cassy and Emmeline. Shows Tom, with grey
hair, a grey beard, and barefooted, lying on a pile of cotton on the floor of a shed. Legree stands over him with one hand
clenched in a fist toward his chest and the other clenched by his side as he raises up one of his feet. Chapter 41 scene shows
an adult George Shelby visiting with the beaten and dying Tom after locating him in order to see if he "couldn't buy him back."
Shows Tom lying on a pile of cotton near the opening to a shed. An open book lies near him by his hand. Shelby leans over
Tom and holds his hand. In the background, outside of the opening, Legree stands, with his hands in his pant pockets and watching
the men.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Date inferred from format. |
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Printed on cover glass: Gem Slide. Gem Slide. |
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Contains ornamental pictorial details in the corners of the cover glass. |
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Contains label with series number: 107. |
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Gift of David Doret. |
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RVCDC |
| Subject |
Uncle Tom (Fictitious character) |
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Little Eva (Fictitious character) |
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Shelby, George (Fictitious character) |
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St. Clare, Augustine (Fictitious character) |
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St. Clare, Marie (Fictitious character) |
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St. Clare, Ophelia (Fictitious character) |
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African American men -- Punishment & torture. |
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Beating. |
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Death. |
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Slaveholders. |
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Slaves. |
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Enslaved persons -- Social conditions. |
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Slavery -- United States. |
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Slavery -- United States -- Fiction. |
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Enslavers. |
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Enslaved people. |
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Enslaved people -- Social conditions. |
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Enslavement -- United States. |
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Enslavement -- United States -- Fiction. |
| Genre |
Lantern slides -- 1880-1890. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection - Photographs [P.2020.39.9] |
| Accession number |
P.2020.39.9 |
