Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1968.16.14 |
Object Name |
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Description |
Undated lithograph. Inscribed lower left, below image: Uncle Albert's Cabin at the Hermitage / at the Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn. At the bottom, "probably Jackson home until he built the Hermitage." Dr. A. Ross Pittman was a neuropsychiatrist and former medical missionary in India. Pittman took up printmaking in the 1936 as a hobby, and studied under George A. Bradshaw at the School of Industrial Arts in Trenton, New Jersey. A graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee, Memphis, many of his prints depict historic sites around Tennessee. This print depicts the cabin of "Uncle Albert" a freed slave at The Hermitage, the plantation home of US President Andrew Jackson. Albert's cabin was close to the mansion because he tended to the family. Slaves who worked in the cotton fields lived further from the house. In the 1880 census Albert and his wife Gracie lived with some of their grandchildren. |
Title |
Uncle Albert's Cabin at the Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee |
Date |
1940-1965 |
Role of Creator |
Artist |
Creator |
Pittman, A. Ross |
Medium |
lithograph |
Material |
paper |
Dimensions |
H-7.375 W-11.125 inches |
Credit line |
Gift of the artist |
Place of Origin |
US |
Subjects |
Civil wars Cotton industry Cotton plantations Homes Log cabins Museums Plantation owners Plantations Presidents Slavery |