James Hopkinson's Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
1862
Artist, American, 1835 - 1911

Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 13.4 × 18 cm (5 1/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
mount: 15.8 × 24.4 cm (6 1/4 × 9 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.45
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, upper right in graphite: 23.5.ARL / AF026A