Created by
Nast, Thomas, American, 1840 - 1902
Date
October 8, 1868
Medium
ink on newsprint
Dimensions
H x W: 18 5/8 x 13 in. (47.3 x 33 cm)
Description
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.
Place made
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Visual Arts
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Type
clippings
Topic
Emancipation
Race relations
Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
Violence
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2010.77.5
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54eb38045-4612-40e9-8580-479f02bbf14a

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