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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