Details
Creator Douglass, Robert M. J., 1809-1887, artist.
Contributor Andrews, Joseph, 1806-1873 artist.
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889 artist.
Title The first steamboat on the Missouri. [graphic] / Douglass, R.
Date September 25, 1841
Physical Description 1 drawing: pen and ink wash; overall 28 x 23 cm. (11 x 9 in.)
Description Album page with pre-printed lithographic border containing a drawing and unattributed poem about the first steamboat on the Missouri from the 1838 edition of "The Token and Atlantic Souvenir." Drawing after Joseph Andrew's engraving of the work by painter John Gadsby Chapman depicts two Native Americans on a rock, one seated, looking forlorn, and the other standing with arms raised in anguish, watching a steamboat in the distance. Poem, "The Indian's Farewell to the Missouri, on seeing the First Steamboat on its Waters," addresses the power of the white man and the steamboat as a harbinger of his usurpation of Native American territories.
Notes LCP exhibit catalogue: African American Miscellany p. 45.
Biographical / historical note Douglass, an African American artist and early photographer, was an active member of the Philadelphia anti-slavery and civil rights movement.
Subject Steamboats.
Indians of North America.
Poetry.
African American artists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States -- Territorial expansion.
Genre Wash drawings -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Martina Dickerson album [13859.Q.70]
Accession number 13859.Q.70