Murals of Richmond

Murals of Richmond

Author: Mickael Broth

Publisher:

Published: 2018-11-15

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780996091268

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A photographic history of the murals the make up the landscape of Richmond.


Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm

Author: Charles F. Bryan, Jr.

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2002-05-07

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0684863669

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In this historical treasure, now restored to posterity, text and drawings by a Union cartographer record the daily life of Civil war soldiers, the firsthand observation of officers, and the battles he witnessed from Yorkville to Bull Run. 85 full-color illustrations.


Slaves Waiting for Sale

Slaves Waiting for Sale

Author: Maurie D. McInnis

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2011-12

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0226559335

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In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings, including the culminating painting, Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond, Virginia. This innovative book uses Crowe’s paintings to explore the texture of the slave trade in Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans, the evolving iconography of abolitionist art, and the role of visual culture in the transatlantic world of abolitionism. Tracing Crowe’s trajectory from Richmond across the American South and back to London—where his paintings were exhibited just a few weeks after the start of the Civil War—Maurie D. McInnis illuminates not only how his abolitionist art was inspired and made, but also how it influenced the international public’s grasp of slavery in America. With almost 140 illustrations, Slaves Waiting for Sale brings a fresh perspective to the American slave trade and abolitionism as we enter the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.