“Rather Die Freemen, than Live to Be Slaves”
c. 1864
Artist, American, 1820 - 1900
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: 9.7 × 5.9 cm (3 13/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
mount: 10.2 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.64
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF031H; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: To be engraved [?]; center printed in black ink: D. B. Bowser / ARTIST / No. 481 North 4th St. / Philadelphia.; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: Compliments of / Robert R. Carson