Emancipation Group / Thomas Ball
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1895.13
- Title
- Emancipation Group
- Artist
- Thomas Ball
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1819-1911
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Object Creation Date
- 1865
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Henry C. Lewis
- Inscription
- Inscribed left side of base: T. Ball Sc./1865; slave's cap inscribed: LIBERTY
- Dimensions
- 83.6 cm x 55.7 cm x 42.3 cm (32 15/16 in. x 21 15/16 in. x 16 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Physical Description
- Bronze sculpture of a standing male figure his right hand holding a shield which rests upon a stack of book while his left arm is outstretched hovering over the crouching figure of an African American male figure.
- Subject Matter
- At the end of the Civil War (1861–65) there was an effort to promote an American Renaissance and to beautify cities with civic monuments and public sculpture. Sculptors, including Randolph Rogers, were commissioned to produce memorials that addressed themes of war and slavery and to commemorate military heroes, from the common soldier to President Abraham Lincoln himself. This work is a maquette for the Emancipation Memorial in Washington D.C.’s Lincoln Park, which depicts Abraham Lincoln as the “Great Emancipator” freeing a slave, establishing a narrative of theoretical peace and unity.
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- information forms
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- protective wear
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- weaponry
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3456 x 5184
- File Size
- 312 KB
- Record
- 1895.13
- Link to this Item
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"Emancipation Group; Thomas Ball." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1895.13/1895.13b.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.