Stand up a man! – Antique 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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This rare antique lithograph captures Stand up a man! in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Stand up a man!" is a small color lithograph issued as a collecting card, numbered within a Philadelphia album series called "The Slave in 1863." Published that year, when the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, it reflects the wartime debate over what freedom would mean for Black Americans. Cards like this were inexpensive and collectible, so they reached a broad public beyond gallery audiences. The title's call to stand up and claim manhood points to the era's concern with dignity and citizenship for people who had been enslaved.
| Created / published | c1863. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Collecting cards 1860-1870.Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | No. 9, no. 65. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863. |
| Subjects | Slavery--United States--1860-1870. Freedmen--United States--1860-1870. Liberty--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,121 × 1,430 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216621 |
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