Liberty Bell,Birthplace,Southern Plantation Owner,Northern Gentleman,1885

Title: [The liberty bell back in its birth-place again now that it has proclaimed liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof, it is perfectly at home]
Creator(s): Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist
Date Created/Published: 1885 June 27 [publication date]
Summary: The Liberty Bell, set on a pedestal, is flanked on the left by a southern plantation owner standing underneath a palm tree, and on the right, by a northern gentleman standing under a pine tree. Behind the plantation owner stands an African American with his hat held before his face. He looks over the plantation owner's shoulder, smiling.
Notes:
No copyright information found with item.
Signed, lower right: Th: Nast.
Title from Harper's weekly.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.474)
On January 23, 1885, the Liberty Bell, venerable symbol of American independence and freedom, was sent to New Orleans, Louisiana for display at the World's Industrial and Cotton Exposition. It returned to Philadelphia on June 17, 1885, ten days prior to the publication of Nast's cartoon.
Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 27, 1885.
Exhibit loan 4207-L.
Subjects:
Liberty bell--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--American--1880-1890.
Drawings--American--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--American--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2009617075/
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