Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
American Sketches: A Negro Congregation at Washington
November 18, 1876
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A print captioned “American Sketches: A Negro Congregation at Washington.” The print has been hand colored. The image depicts a man behind an elevated pulpit. He is reading a book. Another man sits beside him on the pulpit. Men in women dressed formally are standing and sitting in front of them. A man on the left side of the image is standing and also holding a book. He appears to be singing. The caption appears underneath the image. The image is in a wooden frame.
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Catalog reference: 2013.239.7
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