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.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1841
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 is after Joseph Andrew's engraving of the work by painter John Gadsby Chapman. Depicts two Native American men on a rock, one seated, and portrayed with a forlorn expression, and the other standing with their arms raised in an anguished pose, 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 Title from album page.
Date from album page.
LCP exhibit catalogue: African American Miscellany p. 45.
RVCDC
Description revised 2022.
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