The Fifteenth Amendment – Vintage Print
(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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The Fifteenth Amendment comes to life in this antique lithograph, 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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Baltimore's Washington Monument rises behind the parade in this lithograph, which shows the procession crossing a green during the May 19, 1870, celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment. The lead float carries four young women in crowns beneath a canopy, pulled by four white horses, and a troop of Zouave drummers follows. James C. Beard, a New York artist, drew the original design, and Thomas Kelly published the print in New York, with watercolor added by hand. The amendment, which barred denying the vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, was marked with public festivities like this one in cities across the country.
| Created / published | c. 1870 |
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| Medium | print on wove paper, lithograph with watercolor, image 50.7 x 65 cm |
| Notes | Celebrated May 19th, 1870. From an original design by James C. Beard (1837-1913), New York. Published by Thomas Kelly, New York. . SUMMARY: Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. Here the central image shows the parade crossing a green in sight of Baltimore's Washington Monument. A float carrying four young women wearing crowns and sheltered by a canopy, drawn by four white horses, leads the parade. The float is followed by a troop of Zouave drummers, two rows of men in top hats (some wearing sashes), as well as ranks of troops and other floats. The parade scene is surrounded by several vignettes. In the upper corners appear bust portraits of President Ulysses S. Grant (left corner) and Vice President Schuyler S. Colfax. In the top center are three bla |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,033 × 3,137 px · prints to 13 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L-CW-10 |
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