Accession number
PML 198555
Creator
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., editor
Published
[Newburgh, New York] : Thornwillow Press, 2019.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2020.
Notes
Laid in is a list of the "two hundred and thirty-seven patrons of the arts who subscribed to the publication."
Designed and produced under the direction of Luke Ives Pontifell and Savine MGS Pontifell.
"The edition is limited to 225 bound in letterpress paper wrappers; 150 bound in half-cloth and letterpress boards; 75 bound in half-Morocco and paste paper boards; 14 bound in full calf; 1 copy bound in terracotta set with a historic camera lens."--Colophon.
Library's copy number 46 of 75 from a total edition of 465. .
Designed and produced under the direction of Luke Ives Pontifell and Savine MGS Pontifell.
"The edition is limited to 225 bound in letterpress paper wrappers; 150 bound in half-cloth and letterpress boards; 75 bound in half-Morocco and paste paper boards; 14 bound in full calf; 1 copy bound in terracotta set with a historic camera lens."--Colophon.
Library's copy number 46 of 75 from a total edition of 465. .
Description
245, [6] pages : 10 plates (photographs), portraits ; 24 x 16 cm, in case 27 x 18 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed by Gates and Luke Ives Pontifell in the colophon, as issued.
Summary
"In Frederick Douglass: Portrait of a Free Man, Gates brings us the monograph "Binary Opposition in Douglass' Narrative", which explores the literary conventions and binary oppositions Douglass used, and gives the reader a deeper insight into the narrative. Gates second monograph, "Camera Obscura", examines the vital power photos have on public opinion, both in terms of abolition and contemporary society, and brings to light the fact that Frederick Douglass was the most photographed American of the 19th century. In a time when caricatures in mainstream media portrayed Black people as naturally subjugated and unintelligent, Douglass knew that art, in the hands of racist whites, did not depict reality. Photography, on the other hand, gave a true "likeness" and as a tool for social change, could be key in altering long-held stereotypes and prejudices about Black people. Douglass posed for 160 photographs over the course of his lifetime, and in doing so, gave people a new image: that of a dignified, intelligent, free Black man. Because how we *see* things, says Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Frederick Douglass: Portrait of a Free Man is how we *view* them."--Publisher's kickstarter prospectus (viewed 2019 May 13).
Binding
Half brown morocco, black and terracotta paste paper sides, with black leather spine label stamped in gold; issued by Thornwillow in black cloth case, lined in tan suede, with matching leather spine label lettered in gold.
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