De jubilee am come"--Fourth of July sc. ; drawn by Sol Eytinge Jun." – Vintage Print
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This rare historic image captures De jubilee am come"--Fourth of July sc. ; drawn by Sol Eytinge Jun." in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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De jubilee am come"--Fourth of July sc. ; drawn by Sol Eytinge Jun."
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Its dialect caption, "De jubilee am come," marks this wood engraving as a comic Fourth of July scene rather than a standard patriotic view. Sol Eytinge Jr. (1833-1883), the credited artist, was a prominent American illustrator whose drawings appeared in magazines and book editions in the 1870s, and the credit line notes that a separate engraver cut the block. The 1876 date places the print in the centennial year, when the nation's founding was widely celebrated in print. Its dialect humor draws on minstrel-era conventions common in popular illustration of the period, which modern viewers often read as demeaning. It is useful evidence of how Independence Day and emancipation were framed for mass audiences at the time.
| Created / published | Illus. in AP2.H32 (Case Y) [P&P] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 89706302 |
| Genre | [1876] |
| Subjects | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,014 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167094 |
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