Creator |
Michiels, Jean-Baptiste P., 1821-1890, engraver. |
Contributor |
Pauwels, Ferdinand Willem, artist. |
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Bollens, J., former owner. |
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Pauwels, Ferdinand Willem, artist. |
Title |
[Glorification of the American Union] [graphic] / J.B. Michiels. |
Publisher |
1873 |
Date |
[ca. 1873] |
Physical Description |
1 print : engraving ; sheet 65 x 78 cm (17 x 27.25 in.) |
Description |
Allegorical print glorifying life and liberty in post-Civil War America depicting the figure Columbia, depicted as a white
woman, atop a tall pyramid-shaped pedestal. Flanked by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the latter holding the "Proclamation
of Emancipation," she raises her hand toward emancipated enslaved men and women to her right who acknowledge her with raised
shackled hands, a knelt position, and a tipped hat. Newly arrived European immigrants are gathered to her left. Abolitionist
Henry Ward Beecher stands among the enslaved men, women, and children who have been emancipated, and revolutionary and diplomat
Carl Schurz stands before the immigrants. The freed persons embrace each other, break free from shackles, and brandish instruments
of free labor as behind them the Capitol, a large American flag, and apparitions of colonial soldiers stand vigil. The immigrants,
depicted in their native attire, look to Schurz as they carry their belongings ashore. More ships continue to arrive in the
background.
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Notes |
Title from copy print at the Calvert Gallery, Washington, D.C. |
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Printer's proof. |
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Manuscript note on recto: Aun myn goeden arrend J. Bollens; J. B. Michiels. |
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After a painting by Belgian historical painter Ferdinand Willem Pauwels, exhibited in 1867 at the Kunstschule in Weimar and
possibly at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia under the title, "The New Republic."
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See Hugh Honour's The Image of the Black in western art (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989) Part 2, Vol. IV, p.248-249. |
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Purchase 1999. |
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RVCDC |
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Description revised 2021. |
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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 |
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 -- Portraits. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Portraits. |
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Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906 -- Portraits. |
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Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits. |
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United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation |
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African American children. |
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African American men. |
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African American women. |
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Allegories. |
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Columbia (Symbolic character) |
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Liberty. |
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Freedmen -- United States. |
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Immigrants -- United States. |
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Free children -- United States. |
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Free men -- United States. |
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Free women -- United States. |
Genre |
Engravings -- 1870-1880. |
Illustrator |
Pauwels, Ferdinand Willem, artist. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **GC-Emancipation [P.9672] |
Accession number |
P.9672 |