Portrait of a Man

c. 1845

Augustus Washington

Artist, American, 1820/1821 - 1875

Augustus Washington

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Article:  Rare Early Photographs of African American Life

A large collection of personal photographs offers a glimpse of Black entrepreneurship and self-expression in the 19th and 20th centuries.


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Provenance

Michael Lehr, New York; Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

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Inscriptions

on brass mat, lower left embossed: A. WASHINGTON; lower right embossed: 136 MAIN ST / HARTFORD - CT.; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF014J


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