There is also an ornament of Harriet Tubman and one of Frederick Douglass. "One in a series of five American Abolitionist Miniatures created for the exhibition New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War, the miniature is a 2" oval and includes a silk ribbon for hanging on the wall or Christmas tree. Tubman's quote 'I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger' is inscribed on the back, and an informative history card is included in the elegant blue gift box.
" 'You'll be free or die,' warned Harriet Tubman (ca. 1820-1913) as she led enslaved people out of the South. Tubman threatened fugitives with a gun if they tried to jump off the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses along secret routes to the North. Tubman was the eleventh child of enslaved parents in Maryland's Dorchester County. She called herself Harriet, after her mother, and took the last name of her free black husband John Tubman. Rumors that she would be sold drove Harriet to escape to Philadelphia in 1849. She risked her freedom to make 19 daring trips back South, leading more than 300 slaves-including her parents and brother-out of bondage. "
"Nicknamed 'the Moses of her people,' Tubman later served the Union Army as a nurse, scout, and spy. After the Civil War, she sheltered blacks at her home in Auburn, New York, and supported two schools for freed blacks in the South. She was buried in Auburn with military honors.
Another unique item is the set of six magnets of Native Americans: "The New-York Historical Society's drawing collection is one of the earliest assembled in the United States, yet its trove of more than 8,000 sheets and 75 rare sketchbooks and albums is surprisingly little known. The collection spans six centuries, from over 200 sixteenth-century avian watercolors, to extraordinary views of landmark buildings, many no longer standing. Included in this spectacular medley are these stunning portraits of North American natives by Albert Bierstadt, Charles-Balthazar-Julien Fvret de Saint-Mmin and David Cusick."
And, finally, a handbag that portrayes a tri-colored Heron: Resin appliqué on a taffeta lined synthetic handbag - which takes up to four weeks as it's a custom product.
John James Audubon (1785-1851) and George Lehman (c. 1800-1870)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor), Havell plate no. 217, (detail) 1832
"The New-York Historical Society's Audubon collection is the largest single repository of Auduboniana in the world. The jewel in this crown are 435 watercolors preparatory for 433 of the 435 plates (no watercolors for plates 84 and 155 are known to exist) of the sumptuous, double-elephant folio sized The Birds of America (1827-38). Plates for this edition were begun by William Home Lizars (1788-1859) and engraved and etched by Robert Havell, Jr. (1793-1878). The complex genesis of The Birds of America was a fascinating saga of collaboration and entrepreneurship as well as a great love story. The transatlantic project was an ambitious affair, involving Audubon's entire nuclear and extended family, as well as that of his talented London engraver Havell.
Some of the other handbag choices includes the magnolia warbler, the snowy owl and the greater flamingo.
Note: Text describing items derives from the New-York Historical Society's Shop's text.
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