<I>American Sketches: A Negro Congregation at Washington</I>
date: label: Date
content: November 18, 1876
name: label: Published by
content: The Illustrated London News, British, 1845 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A print captioned “American Sketches: A Negro Congregation at Washington.” The print has been hand colored. The image depicts a man behind an elevated pulpit. He is reading a book. Another man sits beside him on the pulpit. Men in women dressed formally are standing and sitting in front of them. A man on the left side of the image is standing and also holding a book. He appears to be singing. The caption appears underneath the image. The image is in a wooden frame.
place: label: Place printed
content: London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
label: Topic
content: Worship services
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joele and Fred Michaud
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.239.7
objectType: label: Type
content: prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, wood, glass
label: Dimensions
content: frame: 18 5/8 x 22 x 7/8 in. (47.3 x 55.9 x 2.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (object in frame): 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm)