American sketches: A Negro congregation at Washington – Historic 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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American sketches: A Negro congregation at Washington comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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American sketches: A Negro congregation at Washington
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This wood engraving shows a Black congregation at worship in Washington, D.C., and the title's wording, "American sketches," frames it as a view of the United States for British readers. It appeared in the *Illustrated London News* in November 1876, a weekly that relied on engravings like this to show its readers scenes from abroad. By 1876, Black churches had become central to community life in Washington, many of them founded after emancipation as places for worship, schooling, and mutual aid. The record does not name the artist, so the sketch is best read as a British publication's account of a religious gathering in the postwar capital.
| Created / published | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876 Nov. 1876, p. 481. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Note on caption card about artist. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,129 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-127163 |
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