Invisible Empire, Stone Mountain
Artist
Sheila Pree Bright
(American, born 1967)
DatePhoto date: 2019; Print date: 2021
MediumArchival inkjet print
DimensionsFrame: 21 1/8 x 31 1/8 in. (53.66 x 79.06 cm)
Overall: 20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
Overall: 20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund
Object number2021.6.2
DescriptionStone Mountain relief of mega wall carving depicting Southern leaders of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, the “invisible empire” of white supremacy that still holds the imagination of many Americans, particularly in the South.
