| Contributor |
Hoover, Joseph, publisher. |
| Title |
Heroes of the colored race. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Published by J. Hoover, 628 Arch St |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1881 |
| Date |
1881 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : hand-colored chromolithograph ; sheet 56 x 77 cm (22 x 30.5 in.) |
| Description |
Print commemorating men prominent in and representative of the advancement of African American civil rights. Depicts a central
vignette of bust-length portraits of ex-Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce of Mississippi, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and ex-Senator
Hiram Revels of Mississippi surrounded by four scenes of pre- and post-Civil War African American life. Includes two titled
scenes, "Receiving the News of the Emancipation" depicting an older African American man, two women, and children celebrating,
and "Studying the Lesson" depicting an African American man teacher instructing a classroom of children. Adorning the borders
of the central vignette are a portrait of John Brown flanked by a horn of plenty and school books, and an eagle holding American
flags embellished with portraits of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and Ulysses S. Grant. Other scenes depict enslaved African
American men and women picking cotton and African American Civil War soldiers fighting a battle. Includes corner portraits
of African American legislators John R. Lynch of Mississippi, Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina, Robert Smalls of South Carolina,
and Charles E. Nash of Louisiana.
|
| Notes |
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 60-61. |
|
Gift of Gordon Colket, 1975. |
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Reaccessioned as P.9615. |
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Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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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.
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| Subject |
Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Portraits. |
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Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898 -- Portraits. |
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Portraits. |
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Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Portraits. |
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Portraits. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Portraits. |
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Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939 -- Portraits. |
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Nash, Charles Edmund, 1844-1913 -- Portraits. |
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Rainey, Joseph H. (Joseph Hayne), 1832-1887 -- Portraits. |
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Revels, Hiram Rhoades, 1827?-1901 -- Portraits. |
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Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915 -- Portraits. |
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African American agricultural laborers. |
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African American children. |
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African American legislators. |
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African American men. |
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African American soldiers. |
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African American women. |
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African Americans -- Education -- United States. |
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Classrooms -- United States. |
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Cotton pickers -- United States. |
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Cotton plantations -- United States. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States. |
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Freedmen -- United States |
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Soldiers -- Union. |
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Enslaved labor -- United States. |
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Enslaved men -- United States. |
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Enslaved women -- United States. |
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Enslavement -- United States. |
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Free persons -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1880-1890. |
|
Commemorative prints -- 1880-1890. |
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Portrait prints -- 1880-1890. |
| Printer |
Hoover, Joseph, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **GC - African American Heroes [8140.F] |
| Accession number |
8140.F |
