Sujet

Two hands resting on a book set into a two-piece gold-washed brass frame

Légende

Button, 1840s-50s. Two hands resting on a book set into a two-piece gold-washed brass frame with a loop on the reverse for sewing to a garment. The button was discovered in the early 1980s in a flea market in Massachusetts. The use of buttons for political purposes in the United States began in the 1700s. For many years, the image was believed to represent an anti-slavery motif of two hands - one black, one white - resting on a Bible. Today, after detailed digital imaging, the photograph seems to show the hands of just one individual. The symbolic meaning of this unique button is thus open for reinterpretation.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM20A83_171

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

69,8Mo (6,5Mo) / 42,0cm x 41,7cm / 4960 x 4920 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Victorian 19th century America American anti-slavery B&W B W black & white black and white bodies body button century color Colour concept country daguerreotype election finger gold gold colour golden hand Heritage Art location Metropolitan Museum of Art museum nineteenth century photograph photography political politics slavery the body The Met The Metropolitan Museum of Art togetherness united united states United States of America uniting unity Unknown USA Victorian