Heroes of the Colored Race

Creator Name

Joseph Hoover, 1830 - 1913;
Frederick Douglass, Feb 1818 - 20 Feb 1895;
Blanche Kelso Bruce, 1841 - 1898;
Hiram Rhoades Revels, 27 Sep 1827 - 16 Jan 1901;
John Roy Lynch, 10 Sep 1847 - 2 Nov 1939;
Robert Smalls, 5 Apr 1839 - 23 Feb 1915;
Joseph Hayne Rainey, 21 Jun 1832 - 2 Aug 1887;
Charles Edmund Nash, 23 May 1844 - 21 Jun 1913;
John Brown, 9 May 1800 - 2 Dec 1859

Cultural Context

Date

1880s

Source

National Portrait Gallery

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Title

Heroes of the Colored Race

Creator

Joseph Hoover, 1830 - 1913, Artist;
Frederick Douglass, Feb 1818 - 20 Feb 1895, Sitter;
Blanche Kelso Bruce, 1841 - 1898, Sitter;
Hiram Rhoades Revels, 27 Sep 1827 - 16 Jan 1901, Sitter;
John Roy Lynch, 10 Sep 1847 - 2 Nov 1939, Sitter;
Robert Smalls, 5 Apr 1839 - 23 Feb 1915, Sitter;
Joseph Hayne Rainey, 21 Jun 1832 - 2 Aug 1887, Sitter;
Charles Edmund Nash, 23 May 1844 - 21 Jun 1913, Sitter;
John Brown, 9 May 1800 - 2 Dec 1859, Sitter

Worktype

Print; Prints

Cultural Context

Material

Chromolithograph (hand colored) on paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 55.9 x 74.8 cm (22 x 29 7/16")

Technique

Language

Date

1880s

Provenance

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

Location

North America; United States; North America; United States; North America; United States; North America; United States; North America; United States; Louisiana

Source

National Portrait Gallery

Subjects

Poster; Hiram Rhoades Revels: Male; Hiram Rhoades Revels: Politics and Government\US Senator\Mississippi; Hiram Rhoades Revels: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Pastor; Hiram Rhoades Revels: Politics and Government\State Senator\Mississippi; Frederick Douglass: Male; Frederick Douglass: Literature\Writer; Frederick Douglass: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer; Frederick Douglass: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher; Frederick Douglass: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister; Frederick Douglass: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist; Frederick Douglass: Society and Social Change\Enslaved person; Blanche Kelso Bruce: Male; Blanche Kelso Bruce: Politics and Government\US Senator; John Roy Lynch: Male; John Roy Lynch: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; John Roy Lynch: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer; John Roy Lynch: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer; John Roy Lynch: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Mississippi; John Roy Lynch: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer; John Roy Lynch: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Mississippi; John Roy Lynch: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Real estate agent; John Roy Lynch: Law and Law Enforcement\Justice of the Peace; John Roy Lynch: Society and Social Change\Enslaved person; John Brown: Male; John Brown: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist; Joseph Hayne Rainey: Male; Joseph Hayne Rainey: Politics and Government\US Congressman\South Carolina; Robert Smalls: Male; Robert Smalls: Politics and Government\State Legislator\South Carolina; Robert Smalls: Politics and Government\US Congressman\South Carolina; Robert Smalls: Politics and Government\State Senator\South Carolina; Charles Edmund Nash: Male; Charles Edmund Nash: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer; Charles Edmund Nash: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Louisiana; Portrait; Business and Finance; Legislators; Real estate agent; Art; Writers; Pastor; Businessperson; Civil War army officer; Reformers; Abolitionists; Military and Intelligence; Justice of the Peace; Diplomats; Clergy; Minister; Enslaved person; Natural Resource Occupations; Literature; Farmers; Congressmen; Newspaper publisher; Government; Diplomacy; Society and social change; Portraits; Union army officer; Lawyers; Lecturer; Educators; Law and Law Enforcement; Agriculturists; Religion and Spirituality; Men; Photographer; Senators; Politics; Education and Scholarship; Journalism and Media; Artists; Officer

Topic

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