Afro American Monument

Sale 2034 - Lot 8

Price Realized: $ 5,750

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

Afro-American Monument. Oil process chromo-lithographic poster. In a central panel, an angel puts her hand on the head of a slave, "The wonders of a dream as Christopher Attucks saw them as in his pent up soul and restless spirit he slept on his straw bed dreaming of liberty"; around this are nine vignettes depicting scenes from slavery to the results of emancipation; a larger vignette below shows Abraham Lincoln wielding a sledgehammer, "breaking the chain of bondage and stamping out the serpent of slavery and erecting a monument to the race." Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass are also pictured. 30x24 inches. Diagonal chips from upper right and lower left corners; 2 inch closed tear to upper edge partially affecting the background of the image; a few light stains in the blank border. Copyrighted 1897 by B. F. Hammond. SOLD AS IS. Chicago: Goes Litho. Co., 1897

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rare. only the library of congress copy of this poster is located.