Published in Harper’s Weekly, December 19, 1863.
Category: Visuals
Homer: “A Bivouac Fire on the Potomac” (1861)
Harper’s Weekly of December 21, 1861 features Winslow Homer’s “A Bivouac Fire on the Potomac”: Homer depicts an encounter between diverse American cultures, centered on the evening’s entertainments of dance, fiddle, and other camp pastimes… FOR BACKGROUND, SEE:
Smith: “The Creolization of American Culture” (2013)
“William Sidney Mount and the Roots of Blackface Minstrelsy”
Library of Congress: “Daguerreotypes” Collection (1839-1864)
A captivating look at the people, clothing, & styles of the antebellum & Civil War eras…
Harvard: “American Minstrel Show Collection” (1823-1947)
Click to view collection guide from Harvard.edu: American minstrel show collection, 1823-1947 >> Master Diamond playbills >> T. D. Rice in character >> SCOPE & CONTENT: “The collection includes images of minstrel performers and troupes, playbills and programs of performances, and other miscellaneous materials concerning minstrel shows. The images are of individual minstrel performers and…
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Willis, 1850s?)
Wallis Willis created the song “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” sometime before 1862; we like to pair it with this 1862 photograph by Concord, NH’s own H.P Moore.
The Hardtacks 