Details
Creator Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846 engraver.
Contributor Rider, Alexander, delineator.
Rider, Alexander, delineator.
Torrey, Jesse, active 1787-1834, publisher.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title View of the Capitol of the United States after the conflagration in 1814 [graphic] / Alexr. Rider, del.; Alexr. Lawson, sc.
Publisher Philadelphia : Designed and published by J. Torrey Jun
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1817
Date 1817
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 15 x 22 cm (5.5 x 8.5 in.)
Description Abolitionist allegorical book illustration juxtaposing a coffle of enslaved Black men and boys standing before the ruins of "a monument to liberty," the United States Capitol, following the British occupation of the city during the War of 1812. Author suggests that the destruction of the Capitol was a sign of divine displeasure to promote the abolition of slavery. In the foreground, two white men enslavers lead shackled men and boys pass the ruin. Two allegorical white female figures, one of Liberty, hover in the clouds above. Enslaved people were traded in Washington, D.C. and used in the reconstruction of the Capitol.
Notes Title from item.
Frontispiece from Jessey Torrey, Jr.'s, A Portraiture of domestic slavery in the United States (1817).
Torrey was a Philadelphia physician, abolitionist, and author of tracts on morals and the diffusion of knowledge.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of the District of Columbia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). 1810-1820.
Abolition movement -- Washinton, D.C.
Children, Black -- Washington, D.C.
Men, Black -- Washington, D.C.
Ruins -- Washington, D.C.
Shackles.
Slave trade -- Washington, D.C.
Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Enslaved persons -- Washington, D.C.
Black boys -- Washington, D.C.
Black men -- Washington, D.C.
Enslaved boys -- Washington, D.C.
Enslaved men -- Washington, D.C.
Enslavement -- Washington, D.C.
Enslavers -- Washington, D.C.
Transatlantic slave trade.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- War of 1812.
Genre Allegorical prints -- 1810-1820.
Anti-slavery prints -- 1810-1820.
Book illustrations -- 1810-1820.
Engravings -- 1810-1820.
Illustrator Rider, Alexander, delineator.
Printer Torrey, Jesse, active 1787-1834, publisher.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| GC - Government Buildings - Washington, D.C. [5740.F.9b]
Accession number 5740.F.9b