Photo, Print, Drawing Young Africa: Or, The Bone of Contention. Young Africa, or the bone of contention
About this Item
Title
- Young Africa: Or, The Bone of Contention.
Other Title
- Young Africa, or the bone of contention
Summary
- "Young Africa: Or, The Bone of Contention" is a print, copyrighted by Edward Anthony (1818-88) in 1862, that was intended as a commentary on slavery, the major cause of the American Civil War (1861-65) then raging. The print depicts a young African-American child, presumably a slave. A counterpart print, "Young America," also copyrighted by Anthony in 1862, shows a white child of similar age. Both prints were included in an album of mostly Civil War-era portraits by the famous American photographer Matthew Brady (circa 1823-96) that belonged to Emperor Pedro II of Brazil (1825-91), a collector of photography as well as a photographer himself. The album was a gift to the emperor from Edward Anthony (1818-88), another early American photographer who, in partnership with his brother, owned a company that in the 1850s became the leading seller of photographic supplies in the United States. Dom Pedro may have acquired the album during a trip to the United States in 1876 when he, along with President Ulysses S. Grant, opened the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Brady was born in upstate New York, the son of immigrants from Ireland. Best known for his photographs documenting the battles of the American Civil War, he began his career in 1844 when he opened a daguerreotype portrait studio at the corner of Broadway and Fulton Streets in New York City. Over the course of the next several decades, Brady produced portraits of leading American public figures, many of which were published as engravings in magazines and newspapers. In 1858 he opened a branch in Washington, DC. The album, which also contains a small number of non-photographic prints, is part of the Thereza Christina Maria Collection at the National Library of Brazil. The collection is composed of 21,742 photos assembled by Emperor Pedro II throughout his life and donated by him to the national library. The collection covers a wide variety of subjects. It documents the achievements of Brazil and Brazilians in the 19th century and also includes many photographs of Europe, Africa, and North America.
Names
- Anthony, Edward, 1818-1888 Copyright Holder.
- Brady, Mathew B., 1823?-1896 Contributor.
Created / Published
- New York : Edward Anthony, [1862 to 1876]
Headings
- - United States of America
- - 1862
- - African Americans
- - Allegory
- - Children
- - Memory of the World
- - Portrait prints
- - Portraits
- - Slavery
- - United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 1 photographic print of a drawing : carte-de-visite, albumen paper ; 8.1 x 5.4 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
- - Content in English.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- The Photographic Album
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021669473
Online Format
- compressed data
- image