Sujet

Print of Frederick Douglass, ca. 1879. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A lithographic print of African-American diplomat, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) who 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. The print is hand colored. Douglass is sitting at a desk and reading a newspaper. His right leg is crossed over his left and he is looking to his right. At the bottom underneath the image is “No. 7.—Our Artistic Correspondent interviewing Frederick Douglass in the District Marshal’s (sic) Office, Washington, D.C..” and “Illustrated Interviews with Eminent Public Men on Leading Topics of the Day.—see Page 258, 1879." The print is matted and framed.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_494

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

303,1Mo (19,3Mo) / 100,8cm x 75,4cm / 11903 x 8901 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black job country desk occupation museum color paper location century profession documents papers paperwork document newspapers press print furniture concept African American African-American afro-american emancipation writer United States of America Colour author 19th century abolitionist diplomat nineteenth century heritage American America USA abolition anti-slavery Frederick Douglass newspaper lithograph portrait united states Unknown Frederick Douglass Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Bailey Frederick Augustus Washington cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art commissary Lithographs National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits Heritage Art Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper