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Dance in a country tavern, lithograph
Color lithograph by George Lehman of Childs & Lehman, from a drawing by artist John Lewis Krimmel (1786-1821), depicting a lively scene in a country tavern. Patrons are shown dancing, drinking, canoodling, and smoking while an African American man plays the fiddle.
Born in Germany, Krim...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania medium graphics collection (#V64) |
| Date: | 1833-01-01/1834-12-31 |
| Dimensions: | 27.5 x 20 cm |
| Call Number: | Bb 61 K 89 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/119 |
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Color lithograph by George Lehman of Childs & Lehman, from a drawing by artist John Lewis Krimmel (1786-1821), depicting a lively scene in a country tavern. Patrons are shown dancing, drinking, canoodling, and smoking while an African American man plays the fiddle. Born in Germany, Krimmel emigrated to Philadelphia in 1809 and soon became a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Krimmel was a painter of genre scenes and was among the first artists in America to portray free blacks. |
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