A charcoal pencil drawing from Whitfield Lovell's Round Series. A portrait of an African American woman with her hair in curls facing to the right. A hair pin pulls hair away from her face. Beneath, the nine of diamonds.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.25
"The importance of home, family, and ancestry feeds my work entirely." - Whitfield Lovell Each of Whitfield Lovell’s charcoal drawings of unidentified individuals draws the viewer into an intimate world. The child of a mother born in the South and a father…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.26
"The importance of home, family, and ancestry feeds my work entirely." - Whitfield Lovell Each of Whitfield Lovell’s charcoal drawings of unidentified individuals draws the viewer into an intimate world. The child of a mother born in the South and a father…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.27
"The importance of home, family, and ancestry feeds my work entirely." - Whitfield Lovell Each of Whitfield Lovell’s charcoal drawings of unidentified individuals draws the viewer into an intimate world. The child of a mother born in the South and a father…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.28
"The importance of home, family, and ancestry feeds my work entirely." - Whitfield Lovell Each of Whitfield Lovell’s charcoal drawings of unidentified individuals draws the viewer into an intimate world. The child of a mother born in the South and a father…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.30
A charcoal pencil drawing from Whitfield Lovell's Round Series. A portrait of an African American woman with her hair styled so that a large amount sits on top of her head, but there is enough to also drape the curled ends over her shoulder. Beneath, the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.31
A charcoal pencil drawing from Whitfield Lovell's Round Series. A portrait of a middle-aged African American woman with wavy hair parted down the middle. She wears glasses and earrings. Beneath, the two of spades.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.32
A charcoal pencil drawing from Whitfield Lovell's Round Series. A portrait of an African American man wearing a tie with his hair parted down the middle facing three-quarters right. Beneath, the ten of hearts.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.33
"The importance of home, family, and ancestry feeds my work entirely." - Whitfield Lovell Each of Whitfield Lovell’s charcoal drawings of unidentified individuals draws the viewer into an intimate world. The child of a mother born in the South and a father…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.34
"The importance of home, family, and ancestry feeds my work entirely." - Whitfield Lovell Each of Whitfield Lovell’s charcoal drawings of unidentified individuals draws the viewer into an intimate world. The child of a mother born in the South and a father…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.39
"The importance of home, family, and ancestry feeds my work entirely." - Whitfield Lovell Each of Whitfield Lovell’s charcoal drawings of unidentified individuals draws the viewer into an intimate world. The child of a mother born in the South and a father…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.35
A charcoal pencil drawing from Whitfield Lovell's Round Series. A portrait of an African American woman with curled hair wearing a hat with flowers on the side. She faces proper left. Beneath, the eight of diamonds.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.36
"The importance of home, family, and ancestry feeds my work entirely." - Whitfield Lovell Each of Whitfield Lovell’s charcoal drawings of unidentified individuals draws the viewer into an intimate world. The child of a mother born in the South and a father…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.37
"The importance of home, family, and ancestry feeds my work entirely." - Whitfield Lovell Each of Whitfield Lovell’s charcoal drawings of unidentified individuals draws the viewer into an intimate world. The child of a mother born in the South and a father…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.70.38
This oil painting depicts a carousel set in a busy urban cityscape. Set in the center of the scene, the carousel has a green and white striped canopy overhead. It has triangular-shaped multicolored flags set at intervals around the edge of the canopy. On…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.155
This card identifies the front page of The Chicago reflector (Chicago, Ill.), October 16, 1897. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog: Chicago,…
Library of CongressCatalog sn91055768 · 1897-10-16 · edition 1
This card identifies the front page of The Chicago whip (Chicago, Ill.), November 1, 1919, (HOME EDITION. EXTRA). The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog:…
Library of CongressCatalog sn86056950 · 1919-11-01 · edition 1
A black-and-white photograph of children singing. Two girls and a boy are in the front row looking up at a person’s hands at the top of the image. Additional children can be seen behind them. They are all dressed in white and dark colored clothes. No…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.144.3
A black-and-white photograph of two girls and a boy holding bells. All three children are wearing white shirts and white gloves. All three are holding a bell in each hand and looking down. No inscriptions on the front or back.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.141.6
A black-and-white photograph of Elizabeth Davis speaking into a microphone. She is wearing a light colored jacket and hat and is holding a piece of paper with both hands. Additional people, most of which are dressed in black, can be seen sitting behind…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.141.13
A framed etching with watercolor print depicting a bare knuckle boxing match between Tom Molineaux and Tom Cribb that took place on September 28, 1811. Molineaux and Cribb are depicted shirtless. The scene shows Cribb landing a punch on Molineaux. Five…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.89.6.1