RECONSTRUCTION, 1867, presents a grand allegory
RECONSTRUCTION, 1867, presents a grand allegory of the reconciliation of North and South after the US Civil War. Patriotic and Christian figures hover in the sky with the portrait heads of Americas first century of leaders. In the landscape below, all is harmony and interracial prosperity, with pointed inclusion of the Freedmens Bureau, and examples of universal manhood suffrage and education
Picture No
13124806
Media ID
45372635
Size
3000px x 2507px
(2.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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