Frederick Douglass Mural

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Title

Frederick Douglass Mural

Description

On the end of a commercial property in Edinburgh’s Gilmore Place, a black-and-white mural depicts the American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. It was painted during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 by local street artist Ross Blair. A photograph of the mural was gifted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to US President Joe Biden upon their first meeting in June 2021.

Source

empancipationmonument

Date

2020-01-01

Contributor

Lou Selfridge

Type

Site

Identifier

2136

Date Created

2020-01-01

Date Issued

2020-01-01

Extent

m x m x m

Medium

Highton, Melissa. “Boris Johnson presented Joe Biden with my photo of Frederick Douglass to mark their first meeting.” My Blog: Melissa Highton, 10 June 2021, https://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/melissa/2021/06/10/joe-biden/ . [accessed 18/01/2024] James, Liam. “Boris Johnson gifts Joe Biden picture of anti-slavery campaigner spotted by officials on Wikipedia.” Independent, 11 June 2021, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/biden-boris-johnson-frederick-douglass-mural-b1864468.html. [accessed 18/01/2024] Stephen, Phyllis. “The story behind the Frederick Douglass mural.” The Edinburgh Reporter, 6 March 2023, https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2023/03/the-story-behind-the-frederick-douglass-mural/. [accessed 18/01/2024]

Spatial Coverage

current,55.941245575744205,-3.208426081121341;

Rights Holder

Ross Blair

Europeana

Country

United Kingdom

Europeana Data Provider

Frederick Douglass Mural

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Frederick_Douglass_Mural_

Monument Type

Mural

Erected by

Ross Blair

Affiliation

Emancipation

City

Edinburgh

Location Type

City