Justice Taney and Dred Scott Sketch from The Brewery Troupe
date: label: date made
content: 1998
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Taney, Roger Brooke
label: user
content: Brewery Troupe, Inc.
label: maker
content: Brewer, Brad
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sketch of puppets of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney and Dred Scott for The Brewery Troupe performance of <i>Lewis Latimer: Renaissance Man</i> commissioned in 1998 by the Lemelson Center to commemorate the 150th birthday of African American inventor Lewis Latimer. Taney is depicted in his judge’s robes behind a podium covered in a large American flag, and Scott is in front of the podium. The sketch is by Brad Brewer who founded The Brewery Troupe in 1973 to interpret African American literature, music, and humor through the art of puppet theater.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Freeport
topic: label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: African American History
label: Subject
content: Invention
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0144.21
label: accession number
content: 1999.0144
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0144.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pastels (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 3/4 in x 14 in; 42.545 cm x 35.56 cm