The day of Jubelo / E. B. Bensell, pinxt ; photo. and pub. by Phil. Pho. Co., 730 Chestnut St.
Summary
Photograph shows African Americans (freed slaves?) celebrating in a plantation house, includes couples dancing and children playing.
Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back.
The photograph reproduces a work by the artist Edward Bensell.
Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV68; Emancipation.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by J. A. Arthur, in the clerk's office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
"GD686" and "XXXVIII-5" written in pencil on back of the mount.
Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.60)
Tags
Date
01/01/1865
Contributors
Bensell, Edmund Birckhead, 1842-, artist
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.