File:Edmonia Lewis by Henry Rocher.png

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Albumen silver print of Edmonia Lewis or "Wildfire" (to give her Ojibwe name). To quote the National Portrait Gallery: "Edmonia Lewis achieved international recognition as a sculptor during the second half of the nineteenth century. Educated at Oberlin College, she settled first in Boston, where she created portrait busts and medallions of prominent politicians, writers, and abolitionists. In 1865 she relocated to Rome and joined an active community of American and British artists living abroad. Adopting a neoclassical style then widely popular, she found inspiration in stories from the Bible and classical mythology, as well as from African American history. Her sculpture Forever Free (1867) depicts an African American couple as they first hear news of the Emancipation Proclamation. Although Lewis enjoyed unprecedented success for several decades, she died in obscurity."

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  • Image/Sheet: 9.2 x 5.2 cm (3 5/8 x 2 1/16")
  • Mount: 10 x 6.2 cm (3 15/16 x 2 7/16")
  • Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14")
Date circa 1870
date QS:P,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source National Portrait Gallery (United States) Object number NPG.94.95
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Henry Rocher  (1824–1887)  wikidata:Q61985858
 
Alternative names
H. Rocher
Description German-American photographer
Date of birth/death 19 November 1824 Edit this at Wikidata 1887 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Vetschau/Spreewald
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Chicago Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q61985858
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Location of birth United States of America
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