Object number:
2010.54.5860
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Harriet and the promised land
Maker:
Jacob Lawrence
Date made:
circa 1968
Material / Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 18.375 in, W: 31.9375 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
poster
Content description:
Poster consists of full color image on white paper with a black outline. Image depicts African-American men, women, and children walking through a forest of trees and a stream with wildlife around them (owl, deer, squriell, snake, fish) towards the North Star. Text along the bottom edge near the right corner "From HARRIET AND THE PROMISED LAND, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Illustration (c) 1968, 1993 by Jacob Lawrence.
Concepts:
snake; slavery; tree; leaf; star; female; male; north; railroad; African American; child; underground; fish; owl
Persons:
Harriet Tubman
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