Emancipation and the freed in American sculpture ; a study in interpretation (1916)
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lions head in awakening. The lion liesupon a stone that appears to have formed the top of anEgyptian gateway, from its shape and the carvings uponit of the scarab, or sacred beetle — the Egyptian emblemof immortality — and of the globe. This suggestion ofage and ruin is further emphasized by a… … 21. Africa, group, in front of the Custom House, New-York City (front view), by Daniel C. French
African Americans in art · Sculpture, American
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