Title

'Patience on a Monument', October 8, 1868. Creator: Thomas Nast.

Caption

A rare broadside supplement to the Cincinnati Gazette, "Patience on a Monument," shows a freed slave sitting atop a monument that lists evils perpetrated against blacks. A dead woman and children lie at the bottom of the monument, while violence and fires rage in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A72_310

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261,9Mb (15,9Mb) / 26,6in x 38,3in / 7966 x 11490 (300dpi)

Keywords

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