Object Details
- Artist
- John G. Darby, active 1830s - 1860s
- Sitter
- Harriet Araminta Tubman, 1820 - 10 Mar 1913
- Exhibition Label
- Harriet Tubman advocated for women, including their right to suffrage. This biography, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, features a woodcut portrait as the frontispiece. With her hands on the barrel of a rifle, Tubman’s pose reflects her service during the Civil War as a spy for the Union Army. Like Sojourner Truth, she fought for women’s financial freedom. In 1899, she petitioned Congress for her military pension.
- Harriet Tubman abogó por los derechos de las mujeres, incluido el voto. Esta biografía, Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman, lleva en la portada un grabado con su retrato. Su pose, con las manos sobre el cañón de un rifle, alude a su servicio en la Guerra Civil Estadounidense como espía para el Ejército de la Unión. Al igual que Sojourner Truth, Tubman luchó por la independencia económica de las mujeres. En 1899 presentó al Congreso una petición de pensión militar.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- c. 1868
- Object number
- NPG.2006.31
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Book
- Medium
- Wood engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 17.8 × 10.4 cm (7 × 4 1/8")
- Book: 18.7 × 12.3 × 1.8 cm (7 3/8 × 4 13/16 × 11/16")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Exterior
- Weapon\Gun\Rifle
- Illustration
- Book\Frontispiece
- Harriet Araminta Tubman: Female
- Harriet Araminta Tubman: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist
- Harriet Araminta Tubman: Medicine and Health\Nurse
- Harriet Araminta Tubman: Business and Finance\Enslaved person
- Harriet Araminta Tubman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Soldier\Army scout
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2006.31
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4414b54f6-bcb6-4bef-8ef9-a8c1e021ee31
