Print of Frederick Douglass
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1879
name: label: Published by
content: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, American, 1852 - 1922
label: Subject of
content: Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
notes: label: Description
content: A lithographic print of Frederick Douglass. The print is hand colored. Douglass is sitting at a desk and reading a newspaper. His right leg is crossed over his left and he is looking to his right. At the bottom underneath the image is “No. 7.—Our Artistic Correspondent interviewing Frederick Douglass in the District Marshal’s (sic) Office, Washington, D.C..” and “Illustrated Interviews with Eminent Public Men on Leading Topics of the Day.—see Page 258, 1879." The print is matted and framed.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
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: 2013.239.12
objectType: label: Type
content: lithographs
label: Type
content: portraits
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: 14 15/16 x 16 13/16 x 1 1/8 in. (37.9 x 42.7 x 2.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (object in frame): 7 1/2 x 9 15/16 in. (19.1 x 25.2 cm)