Sujet

Frederick Douglass, ca. 1875. Creator: Alexander Hay Ritchie.

Légende

A lithograph portrait of African-American diplomat, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) who escaped from slavery in Maryland aged 21. He became a national leader of the abolitionist movement. Famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings, he was described by abolitionists as a living counterexample to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Douglass is pictured wearing a dark colored suit and jacket with a white, high collared undershirt. He has a mustache. Typed below the portrait is “Eng. by A.H Ritchie. “ Written at the bottom of the portrait in black ink is “Frederick Douglass.”

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_333

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

109,3Mo (4,9Mo) / 47,6cm x 57,6cm / 5622 x 6798 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black male job man men country guy occupation museum location century profession print concept African American African-American B&W afro-american emancipation writer United States of America author 19th century black & white black and white B W abolitionist diplomat nineteenth century heritage American America USA abolition anti-slavery Frederick Douglass lithograph portrait united states Frederick Alexander Hay Ritchie Douglass Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Bailey Frederick Augustus Washington Ritchie Alexander Hay cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art commissary Lithographs National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits Heritage Art