Suckling Gallery

Ceramic figurine of a Mother Goddess, sitting in a chair and nursing a baby, 2nd century

Ceramic figurine of a Mother Goddess, sitting in a chair and nursing a baby, Romano-British, 2nd century. This piece is mould-made from pipeclay and was found in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England. From the British Museum's collection

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Emblems for Royal Crown Lodge No. 22, 1810/15. Creator: Unknown

Emblems for Royal Crown Lodge No. 22, 1810/15. Sign, probably from an English lodge of the Odd Fellows, an international fraternal organisation founded to promote mutual aid, charity, and moral responsibility. The symbols include a heart in hand, denoting openness and sincerity, and an hourglass, suggesting life's transience. Latin inscription: Amicitia, Amor et Veritas, (Friendship, Love and Truth). Chartered groups developed in the United States beginning in 1819. While the English orders had long admitted black members, several American lodges broke away in 1842 to enforce white-only membership. The English continued issuing charters to African Americans, who built an influential network of inclusive Odd Fellows lodges

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No. 615, The Way the Negro Race is Dying Out: Mrs. Whitaker and her Children, 1871-1896

An albumen print mounted on a stereograph-sized card mount depicting an African-American woman identified as Mrs. Whitaker and eleven (11) children. They are all siting on a wooden porch outside of a wooden building and looking at the camera. The two eldest children sit at the left frame on one side of a post, while the rest of the children sit in a row on the other side of the post. Mrs. Whitaker sits in a chair behind the long row of children nursing an infant. The image is mounted on orange cardboard that is pale pink on the reverse. A yellow paper label is adhered at the verso center with handwritten and printed text in black ink identifying the photographer, place, title, and number

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