The Fifteenth Amendment – 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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Step back in time with The Fifteenth Amendment, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Fifteenth Amendment
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Baltimore's Washington Monument stands in sight of the parade in this lithograph, which places the city's May 19, 1870, celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment in a specific civic setting. The lead float, carrying four young women in crowns beneath a canopy and drawn by four white horses, sets the tone, followed by a troop of Zouave drummers. James C. Beard made the original design in New York, and Thomas Kelly published the print there, so a New York artist and publisher shaped how the Baltimore event was pictured. The amendment, certified on March 30, 1870, barred governments from denying the vote on account of race, and prints like this one carried its celebration well beyond the city streets.
| Created / published | c. 1870 |
|---|---|
| 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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