Image: Edmonia Lewis by Henry Rocher

Description: Albumen silver print of Edmonia Lewis. To quote the National Portrait Gallery: "Edmonia Lewis achieved international recognition as a sculptor during the second half of the nineteenth century. Educated at Oberlin College, she settled first in Boston, where she created portrait busts and medallions of prominent politicians, writers, and abolitionists. In 1865 she relocated to Rome and joined an active community of American and British artists living abroad. Adopting a neoclassical style then widely popular, she found inspiration in stories from the Bible and classical mythology, as well as from African American history. Her sculpture Forever Free (1867) depicts an African American couple as they first hear news of the Emancipation Proclamation. Although Lewis enjoyed unprecedented success for several decades, she died in obscurity." Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 9.2 x 5.2 cm (3 5/8 x 2 1/16") Mount: 10 x 6.2 cm (3 15/16 x 2 7/16") Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14")
Title: Edmonia Lewis by Henry Rocher
Credit: National Portrait Gallery (United States) Object number NPG.94.95
Author: Henry Rocher
Permission: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse The author died in 1887, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse
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