Creator |
Kitzmiller, Alexander, approximately 1839-, artist. |
Contributor |
Woodhouse, S. W. (Samuel Washington), 1821-1904, former owner. |
Title |
[Migrating African Americans emancipated from enslavement] [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1863 |
Date |
[1863] |
Physical Description |
1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 11 x 18 cm (4.25 x 7 in.) |
Description |
Drawing by Alexander Kitzmiller, a 24-year-old Pennsylvania German, prisoner Number 4780 at Eastern State Penitentiary. Depicts
two African American families of freedom seekers emancipated from enslavement, portrayed in racist caricature, migrating on
horseback and on foot. In the left, an African American man, barefoot and attired in a yellow hat, a blue collared shirt,
and orange and white patterned pants, rides on a mule with his son and daughter. Behind him walking on foot is a boy, attired
in a soldier’s cap, a red collared shirt with a red tie, and blue pants with suspenders and the African American mother, attired
in a red head kerchief, hoop earrings, a yellow dress, and yellow and black shoes, who holds the arm of her daughter. The
young girl, attired in a blue hat and a red and white striped dress, carries a Black doll. In the right, another family walks,
including an African American man, attired in a yellow hat, a red and white striped collared shirt with a brown tie, white
pants, and black boots, who carries a bundle on a stick; an African American woman, attired in a white head kerchief, hoop
earrings, a red dress, and yellow and black shoes, who carries a baby on her shoulder, and a boy, attired in a soldier’s cap,
an orange collared shirt, blue pants with suspenders, and brown shoes, who has his hand in his pants pocket. Adaption of Francis
B. Schell's illustration, "Arrival at Chicksaw Bayou of the negro slaves of Jefferson Davis, from his plantation on the Mississippi,"
published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper on August 8, 1863.
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Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Date inferred from content and tenure dates of S.W. Woodhouse as physician at Eastern State Penitentiary. |
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Manuscript note on verso: Presented to me by a German prisoner in the State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania during my residency
there. S.W. Woodhouse, M.D.
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Woodhouse was a Philadelphia surgeon, naturalist, and pioneer ornithologist who served as resident physician at the Eastern
State Penitentiary from 1862 to 1863.
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Lib. Company. Annual report, 1997, p. 37. |
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Purchase 1997. |
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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 |
African American children -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American families -- Pennsylvania. |
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African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Freedmen -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Freedom seekers -- Pennsylvania. |
Genre |
Watercolors -- 1860-1870. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Drawings & Watercolors - Kitzmiller [P.9547] |
Accession number |
P.9547 |