The Lost Museum Archive

This image was one of 27 woodcuts that appeared in the first British illustrated edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1853. Created by the internationally-known illustrator George Cruikshank, it bore the caption "Scipio Hunted, 'As Men Hunt a Deer!'" From its first edition onward, Stowe's novel contained illustrations that gave readers powerful visual details to bolster her anti-slavery story.