About the Art: “Rejoice It’s Emancipation Day” captures the powerful emotional moment in the summer of 1863 when enslaved people on Doctor Ridley’s farm in LaGrange, Georgia first learned of their freedom through the Emancipation Proclamation. The painting depicts the moment after Dr. Ridley announced, “Ya’ll as free as I am but don’t go rejoicing” but rejoice they did.
Dr. Ridley’s defeated posture and the celebratory movements of the freed people powerfully illustrates this pivotal historical transition from bondage to liberty.
Original: A one of a kind piece of art.
Giclée : High quality individual prints that are of museum archival quality. They are able to produce subtle variations in tone and fine details. They are created with an extremely high resolution dot matrix printer.
Open Edition : There is no limitation in the number of prints that can be produced.
Print : A reproduction of the original not utilizing the giclee printing technique.