Bibliograph

Portraits of a people, picturing African Americans in the nineteenth century, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw ; contributions by Emily K. Shubert

Type

Label

Portraits of a people, picturing African Americans in the nineteenth century, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw ; contributions by Emily K. Shubert

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Portraits of a people

Nature of contents

bibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

61204391

Responsibility statement

Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw ; contributions by Emily K. Shubert

Series statement

Jacob Lawrence series on American artists

Sub title

picturing African Americans in the nineteenth century

Table Of Contents

Negro Portraits -- Signifying Enslavement and Portraying People -- "On deathless glories fix thine ardent view": Scipio Moorhead, Phillis Wheatley, and the Mythic Origins of Anglo-African Portraiture in New England -- "Moses Williams, Cutter of Profiles": Silhouettes and African American Identity in the Early Republic -- Portraits of a People

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