Frederick Douglass. The Colored Champion of Freedom
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
17 3/8 x 13 1/2
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr., 1906
Object Number:
PR.052.Medium.Folder.Doo-Dq
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
60157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th, 1870.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1870
Medium:
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions:
21 1/2 x 27 3/8 in.
Object Number:
PR.068.12
Gallery Label:
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." - The Fifteenth Amendment
On May 19, 1870, in the city of Baltimore, a grand celebration marked the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. The center of this lithograph shows both the marchers and the white onlookers. The vignettes in the margins capture important events and people in the long effort to end slavery and secure rights for black Americans.
New York Divided, 2007
Bibliography:
Rasmussen, William M. S. and Robert S. Tilton. Lee and Grant. Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 2007.
Date Begin:
1870
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
60121
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
National Theatre [playbill for September 1st, 1853]
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1853
Medium:
broadside
Dimensions:
23 3/4 x 9 in.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry A. Clark, 1942
Object Number:
PR.055.06.Folder.1850s-Nationa
Date Begin:
1853
Date End:
1853
eMuseum Object ID:
60120
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
J.W. Pennington
Classification:
Medium:
engraving
Dimensions:
8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Object Number:
PR.052.Box.103.Folder.PEC-PEP
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
60119
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
North Eastern View of Charleston with North Eastern Railroad
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Hand colored lithograph
Dimensions:
17 5/8 x 25 1/8 in. unframed
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society Library
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.31
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
60118
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Fox Without a Tail
Classification:
Date:
1861
Medium:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
12 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society Library, Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr., 1906
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.2
Date Begin:
1861
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
60117
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"The Nigger" in the Woodpile
Classification:
Date:
1860
Medium:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Paper: 13 1/2 x 18 in. (34.3 x 45.7 cm)
Mat: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society Library, Gift of H.W. Acton and Arrietta H.A. Brooks, in memory of Thomas C. Acton, 1944.
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.8
Bibliography:
Holzer, Harold, ed. "Lincoln and New York." New York: The New-York Historical Society and London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2009.
Date Begin:
1860
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
60116
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Dis-United States. - A Black Business
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1861
Medium:
Wood engraving, published in Punch, November 8, 1856
Dimensions:
1: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. 2: 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.
Object Number:
PR.068.7
Date Begin:
1861
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
60115
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Democratic Platform
Classification:
Date:
1856
Medium:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
13 1/2 x 18 in.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society Library, Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr., 1906
Object Number:
PR.010.1856.6
Date Begin:
1856
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
60114
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
St. Charles Theatre [playbill for Saturday, Dec. 16, 1843]
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1843
Medium:
broadside
Dimensions:
18 x 6 in.
Object Number:
PR.055.06.Folder.Minstrels
Date Begin:
1843
Date End:
1843
eMuseum Object ID:
60112
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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