View of transparency in front of headquarters of Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments . . . – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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View of transparency in front of headquarters of Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments . . . comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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View of transparency in front of headquarters of Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments . . .
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A illuminated transparency, a painted panel lit from behind and carried in parades and displayed at public gatherings, stands before the headquarters of the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments in Philadelphia. The printed view shows how the committee used such spectacles to promote enlistment of Black soldiers in 1864. Its subjects range across the war, from Fort Wagner and New Market to Maryland and slavery, and the name of Andrew Jackson appears among them, likely a nod to his use of free men of color in the defense of New Orleans in 1815. The four-color wood engraving, issued by the Philadelphia firm Ringwalt & Brown, is a useful record of how recruitment was staged for the public.
| Created / published | 1864 |
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| Medium | 1 print : wood-engraving printed in four colors, with letterpress ; 31.5 x 21.6 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Transparencies 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Ringwalt & Brown Prs. 111 & 113 South 4th St. Phila. Title appears as it is written on the item. Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-44. |
| Subjects | Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845. United States.--Army--1860-1870. African Americans--Education--1860-1870. African Americans--1860-1870. Slavery--1860-1870. Fort Wagner (S.C.)--1860-1870. Maryland--1860-1870. New Market (Va.)--1860-1870. Philadelphia (Pa.)--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,085 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-119130 |
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