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Emancipation, (sculpture). Artist:  Lillie, Lloyd, 1932-2020, sculptor. Title:  Emancipation, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, (sculpture). Dates:  Early 1960's. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  20 x 16 1/2 x 39 in. Inscription:  (Incised on plaque:) And by virtue and for the purpose /aforesaid I do order and declare that all (...transcription illegible). signed Description:  A government representative reads the Emancipation Proclamation to the slaves (among them, Booker T. Washington at age of 10), on the plantation owned by the Burgess family. Subject:  History -- United States -- Emancipation Proclamation Figure group Ethnic -- African American Occupation -- Other -- Reformer Portrait male -- Washington, Booker T. -- Child State of Being -- Other -- Enslaved Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located at Booker T. Washington National Memorial, Route 3, Box 310, Hardy, Virginia 24101 Remarks:  The emancipation scene depicted is the scene Booker T. Washington remembers taking place at the Burroughs Plantation. References:  Booker T. Washington National Memorial, 1988. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 54950001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 54950001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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