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Lithograph of a preacher in a pulpit above a crowded congregation, with a parrot on a top hat in the foreground.

"Trubble in de Church" lithograph

A black-and-white lithograph shows a preacher with exaggerated features standing in a raised pulpit, one arm extended over a book, while a crowded congregation fills the pews below. In the foreground a parrot perches on a top hat beneath the caption, and dialect text is printed across the upper left.

Artist
unknown
Date
1845-1870
Medium
paper (overall material) ink (overall material)
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
1026 × 1280 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1870).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History