Portraits of Hannibal and Cyprian, with vignettes illustrating African character and wrongs – 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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This antique engraving of Portraits of Hannibal and Cyprian, with vignettes illustrating African character and wrongs brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Portraits of Hannibal and Cyprian, with vignettes illustrating African character and wrongs
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Few prints of the 1830s set a Carthaginian general beside a North African bishop, yet this engraving pairs portraits of Hannibal and Cyprian with vignettes meant to show African character and the wrongs done to Africans. Both men were tied to Carthage, the city whose rivalry with Rome made Hannibal famous and whose church Cyprian led in the third century, so the pairing argues for African history as a source of dignity. Issued in New York and entered for copyright in July 1836, it appeared when the slave trade and American slavery were bitterly contested. Co-publisher Jehiel C. Beman was a Black New York businessman, which places the work within the city's antislavery circles.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Christopher Rush ... and Jehiel C. Beman, c1836. |
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| Medium | 1 print on wove paper : engraving ; plate 32.8 x 28 cm. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1830-1840.Engravings 1830-1840. |
| Notes | The Library's impression of the print was deposited for copyright on July 22, 1836. DLC Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1836-22. |
| Subjects | Hannibal,--247-182 B.C. Cyprian,--Saint, Bishop of Carthage. Slave trade--Africa--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,068 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168468 |
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