Isaac and Rosa, Emancipated Slave Children, from the Free Schools of Louisiana

1863–1864

Myron H. Kimball

Artist, American, 1827 - 1912

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 9 × 5.4 cm (3 9/16 × 2 1/8 in.)
    mount: 10.9 × 6.1 cm (4 5/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.95.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York), c. 1990; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center on mount printed in black ink: ISAAC and ROSA, Emancipated slave Chil- / dren, from the Free Schools of Louisiana, / Photographed by KIMBALL, 477 Broadway, N.Y. / Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863 by / GEO. R. HANKS, in the Clerk's Office of the United States, / for the Southern District of New York; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: C- BWT062; center printed in black ink: The nett [sic] proceeds from the sale of these Photo- / graphs will be devoted exclusively to the education of / colored people in the Department of the Gulf, now / under the command of Maj. Gen. Banks.

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