Lewis Charlton
1884
Artist, British, 1830 - c. 1923
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: 8.7 × 5.7 cm (3 7/16 × 2 1/4 in.)
mount: 10.4 × 6.5 cm (4 1/8 × 2 9/16 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.51
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower center on mount printed in black ink: LEWIS CHARLTON, 50 years in bondage in / Maryland, U.S.A. & for 28 years suffered / the worst effects of Slavery.; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: Wednesday Feb 20th 1884. / Friends M.H. Hereford; by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF28B; center printed in red ink: VIEWS OF DAWLISH / W. J. Chapman, / Photographer.; lower right: PARK ROAD & / 10 & 11, RECENT STREET, / DAWLISH; bottom center: COPIES CAN ALWAYS BE HAD. / ENLARGEMENTS IN CARBON OR SILVER.