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Jubilee Singers at the Court of Queen Victoria, 1873
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File Name
shades_fisk_0001.jpg
Creator
Havel
,
Edmund
(1835-1908)
Title
Jubilee
Singers
at the
Court
of
Queen
Victoria
,
1873
Date
1873
Genre
Paintings
Material/Technique
oil on canvas
Description
Group
of
well
dressed
young
people
,
some
seated
,
some
standing
, in a
vine-covered
portico
with a
landscape
view
through
arched
openings
.
Historical note
This
painting
depicts
the
first
troupe
of a
capella
singers
from
Fisk
University
who
traveled
raising
funds
for the
Nashville
school
. This
portrait
commemorates
their
performance
before
Queen
Victoria
.
Painted
in
1873
by
Edmund
Havel
,
Queen
Victoria's
court
painter
,
it
depicts
,
left
to
right
(men)
:
Benjamin
Holmes
,
Isaac
Dickerson
,
Thomas
Rutling
,
Edmund
Watkins
;
Left
to
right
(women)
:
Mabel
Lewis
,
Minnie
Tate
,
Ella
Sheppard
,
Jennie
Jackson
,
Julia
Jackson
,
Maggie
Porter
,
Georgia
Gordon
.
George
L
.
White
was the
director
of this
group
.
Subject
Jubilee
Singers
;
African
American
singers
;
Fisk
University
Theme
Making Music
Story
Jubilee Singers
Geographic Location
United
States
--
Tennessee
--
Nashville
Time period
1870-1879
Rights
Images
in these
collections
are
either
protected
by
copyright
or are the
property
of
Special
Collections
of
Fisk
University
Franklin
Library
. To
order
a
reproduction
or to
inquire
about
permission
to
publish
,
please
contact
bhowse@fisk.edu
.
Credit line
Fisk University Franklin Library, Special Collections, Nashville, Tennessee
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jpg
Contributing Institution
Fisk University Library
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,172
Archival file
shades3/shades_fisk_0001.jpg
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