Sujet
The Fifteenth Amendment
Légende
The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 from an original design by James C. Beard 1837-1913, American artist. Published 1870. print on wove paper; lithograph with watercolour A commemorative print marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. A float carrying four young women wearing crowns and sheltered by a canopy, drawn by four white horses, leads the parade. The float is followed by a troop of Zouave drummers, two rows of men in top hats (some wearing sashes), as well as ranks of troops and other floats. The parade scene is surrounded by several vignettes. In the upper corners appear bust portraits of President Ulysses S. Grant (left corner) and Vice President Schuyler S. Colfax. In the top centre are three black leaders: Martin Robinson Delany, author and the first black major in the U.S. Army; abolitionist and U.S. marshal for the District of Columbia Frederick Douglass; and Mississippi senator Hiram Rhoades Revels. At the sides are (left, top to bottom) a young black man reading the Emancipation Proclamation, three black men with Masonic sashes and banners ('We Unite in the Bonds of Fellowship with the Whole Human Race'), an open Bible ('Our Charter of Rights'), and a bust portrait of Lincoln. In the lower left corner is a classroom scene in a black school, labelled 'Education Will Prove the Equality of the Races.' In the lower right corner a black pastor preaches to his congregation, with the motto 'The Holy Ordinances of Religion Are Free' below. To the right of the central scene are (top to bottom): two free blacks who 'till our own fields;' a black officer commanding his troops ('We Will Protect Our Country as It Defends Our Rights'); a bust portrait of John Brown; and a black man reading to his family ('Freedom Unites the Family Circle'). The bottom row shows three more scenes (left to right): a black wedding ceremony ('Liberty Protects the Marriage Alter'); a
Date
19e siècle
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP16A00_368
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
60,0Mo (7,0Mo) / 44,2cm x 34,0cm / 5225 x 4014 (300dpi)