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The Fifteenth Amendment, celebrated May 19th, 1870.
1870
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Metadata
- Call Number
- A Middle 30/Drawer 09/GC024/Full Folio/19th c./Artists A-L GA 2008.00284
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1870.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- African Americans—19th century—In art
- Black people—United States—19th century—In art
- Constitutional amendments—United States—History—In art
- Liberty in art
- Suffrage—United States—History—19th century—In art
- United States—History—19th century—In art
- Civil rights—United States—History—19th century—In art
- Celebrations—United States—History—19th century—In art
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The Fifteenth Amendment, celebrated May 19th, 1870.
- Call Number
- A Middle 30/Drawer 09/GC024/Full Folio/19th c./Artists A-L GA 2008.00284
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc5999ng637
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1870.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1870
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 54.5 x 71 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Lithographs, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Fifteenth Amendment scene. View of celebration, surrounded by various vignettes of freedom.
- Signed on stone, below: "Pub. By Thomas Kelly New York. Entered accor. To act of Congress in the year 1870 by Thomas Kelly in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington".
- Signed in stone, lower right: "From an original design by James C. Beard".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- African Americans—19th century—In art
- Black people—United States—19th century—In art
- Constitutional amendments—United States—History—In art
- Liberty in art
- Suffrage—United States—History—19th century—In art
- United States—History—19th century—In art
- Civil rights—United States—History—19th century—In art
- Celebrations—United States—History—19th century—In art
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ece78570-0438-4b71-9565-90b43fa954a6/manifest