Frederick Douglass
c. 1864
Artist, American, active 1860s
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print (carte-de-visite)
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 9 × 5.9 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 6.1 cm (4 × 2 3/8 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.48
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF027; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 18753; center printed in black ink: B. F. SMITH & SON. / PHOTOGRAPHERS, / 91 MIDDLE STREET, PORTLAND.; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 217GJH