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El esclavo liberado

1863, cast 1891
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 762
Ward modeló esta estatuilla de un individuo afroamericano sentado poco después de la primera Proclamación de Emancipación, presentada al Congreso por el presidente Abraham Lincoln el 22 de septiembre de 1862. Es una afirmación de sus opiniones abolicionistas y un lacerante comentario sobre el tópico político y ético más candente de la época. Ward, uno de los principales escultores realistas del siglo XIX, colocó grilletes de servidumbre rotos en la muñeca izquierda y la mano derecha del antiguo esclavo, y describió con exactitud la anatomía y la fisionomía de su musculoso modelo. Es posible que se inspirara en un residente de Urbana, Ohio, su ciudad natal, o en una persona encontrada en sus viajes por el Sur en 1858.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: El esclavo liberado
  • Artista: John Quincy Adams Ward, estadounidense, 1830–1910
  • Fecha: 1863, fundido en 1891
  • Material: Bronce
  • Dimensiones: 49,5 x 37,5 x 24,8 cm
  • Crédito: Donación de Charles Anthony Lamb y Barea Lamb Seeley, en memoria de su abuelo, Charles Rollinson Lamb, 1979
  • Número de inventario: 1979.394
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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