Newspaper clipping with a portrait of Harriet Tubman: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A clipping from The Philadelphia Tribune featuring a reproduction of John G. Darby's woodcut engraving portrait of Harriet Tubman. The image has been cropped from the original full-length portrait which depicts Tubman standing, holding a rifle with Civil War tents in the background. The clipping cuts off the portrait just above the feet. Above is the first two columns of the accompanying article with the headline "Spoken history: / Harriet Tubman" and beneath is the caption [Harriet Tubman]. The clipping refers to a Women's History Month program at the African American Museum in Philadelphia featuring Tubman's great-grandniece Mariline Wilkins. The date and source are printed across the top [Friday, March 21, 1986 The Philadelphia Tribune].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1868; printed 1986
• Published by: The Philadelphia Tribune, American, founded 1884
• Created by: John G. Darby, active 1830s - 1860s
• Subject of: Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913
• Subject of: Mariline Northrup Wilkins
• Subject of: African American Museum in Philadelphia, American, founded 1976
• Type: portraits
• Type: clippings
• Medium: ink on newsprint
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (14.9 x 11.4 cm)
• Place printed: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Museums
• Topic: Slavery
• Topic: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2009.50.12
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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