Edmonson Sisters Memorial (Alexandria, Virginia)
Dublin Core
Title
Edmonson Sisters Memorial (Alexandria, Virginia)
Subject
Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Middle Atlantic states
Public art
Public sculpture
Slave trade
Slavery-Emancipation
Subject (Name)
Edmonson, Emily, 1835–1895
Edmonson, Mary, 1832–1853
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture
Description
Two young women emerge from a large rocky outcrop, their hands clasped tightly as they stride forward. The over life-sized work depicts the abolitionists and former slaves, the sisters Mary and Emily Edmonson. The statue is located on the site of the former Joseph Bruin’s slave jail, where the sisters were held after a failed attempt to escape from Washington, D.C. in 1848 on the ship Pearl. On the back of the sculpture is an etching of the ship Pearl.
Creator
Blome, Erik, 1967
Source
Photographs by Renée Ater
Date
June 25, 2010
Contributor
Carr Development Corp and The City of Alexandria.
Rights
City of Alexandria, 301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
Relation
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
Edmonson Plaza, 1701 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Sculpture
Physical Dimensions
120 in. (304.8 cm)
Collection
Citation
Blome, Erik, 1967, “Edmonson Sisters Memorial (Alexandria, Virginia),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed September 20, 2024, https://mail.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1123.