University Singers of New Orleans
c. 1879
Artist, American, 1844 - 1923
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print (cabinet card)
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 10.4 × 13.9 cm (4 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
mount: 10.7 × 16.5 cm (4 3/16 × 6 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.181
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
along left edge of mount printed in black ink: UNIVERSITY SINGERS OF NEW ORLEANS.; along right edge: IN AID OF COLORED ORPHANS' HOME, / OF LOUISIANA.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 10.39 RKH / AF128A; center printed in black ink: L. A. Sawyer, / PHOTOGRAPHER, / No. 159 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, / PHILADELPHIA.; bottom center: Portraits in Ink, Water Colors, Oil or Crayon. / Copying carefully executed. Orders by mail promptly filled at reasonable prices.