Illustrations

  "There is no arguing with pictures, and everybody is impressed with them" -- that's the way Stowe described her plans in the letter she wrote Gamaliel Bailey, editor of the National Era, 9 March 1851. Calling herself a "painter," she said she would use words "to hold up in the most lifelike and graphic manner possible Slavery . . . and the negro character."* From its first publication, on the other hand, her text has been supplemented by real pictures. Included in this part of the archive are hundreds of illustrations from various American editions of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852 - 1930. These images unquestionably had a lot to do with shaping the way white Americans saw--or thought they saw--"slavery and the negro." And despite Stowe's claim, appreciating the story these pictures tell gives us a lot to argue with and about. For more on ILLUSTRATING UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, see Jo-Ann Morgan's essay in the site's INTERPRET MODE.
  • First Edition Illustrations (1852)
  • The Illustrated Edition (1853)
  • New Edition (1888)
  • E. W. Kemble's Illustrations (1892)
  • Lupton's Paperback Editions (1893, c1900)
  • Hurst Edition Illustrations (c. 1893)
  • Art Memorial Edition (1897)
  • International Publishing Co. (1897)
  • Crowell Edition (1897)
  • D. Appleton & Co. (1898)
  • Hurst Edition Color Illustrations (c. 1900)
  • Ogilvie Special Theatre Edition (c. 1900)
  • H. H. Caldwell Edition (c. 1900)
  • Swedish-Language Edition (1902)
  • Fenno Edition [Drawings & Photos] (1904)
  • Yiddish-Language Edition (1911)
  • Macmillan Edition ("1922")
  • Universal Movie Edition [Photos] (1927)
  • Daugherty Illustrations (1929)
  • GALLERY: COMPARE 600 ILLUSTRATIONS (1852-1929)
  • GALLERY: 25 COVERS (1852-1930)

  • In at least one case, pictures that were originally drawn for Stowe's novel were re-used by abolitionists to illustrate the evils of slavery:
  • The Child's Anti-Slavery Book (1859)

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