Sujet

Frederick Douglass, ca. 1895. Creator: C. M. Battey.

Légende

A seated portrait of an older Frederick Douglass. African-American diplomat, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) escaped from slavery in Maryland aged 21. He became a national leader of the abolitionist movement. Famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings, he was described by abolitionists as a living counterexample to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Douglass wears a suit with bow tie, jacket and vest.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_162

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

182,8Mo (3,8Mo) / 62,5cm x 73,2cm / 7385 x 8651 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black male job man men education country guy occupation museum location century profession concept African American African-American B&W afro-american slavery writer slave United States of America Smithsonian Institution author 19th century Former black & white black and white B W Educational Institution abolitionist diplomat nineteenth century heritage American America USA abolition scientific institution Frederick Douglass photograph portrait united states Frederick Douglass Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Bailey Frederick Augustus Washington cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art commissary enslaved person National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper gelatin silver prints C. M. Battey Battey C. M. Cornelius Marion Battey Battey Cornelius Marion Cornelius M. Battey Battey Cornelius M.