Our Protection. Rosa, Charley, Rebecca. Slave Children from New Orleans.

1864

Charles Paxson

Associated Names
Charles Paxson

Artist, American, active 1860s

The image is a group portrait of three children named Rosa, Charley, and Rebecca. They are sitting closely together and captured from the upper body up. Charley is seated slightly higher than the other two. Rosa has curly hair, Charley has short straight hair, and Rebecca has smooth straight hair. They are draped in fabric resembling the American flag, covering most of their outfits. The background is a plain, neutral-toned canvas.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 8.2 × 5.3 cm (3 1/4 × 2 1/16 in.)
    mount: 10 × 6 cm (3 15/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.95.7

  • Series Title

    Slave Children of New Orleans

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York), c. 1990; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center on mount printed in black ink: OUR PROTECTION. / ROSA, CHARLEY, REBECCA. / Slave Children from New Orleans.; on verso, center printed in black ink: No. 9. / Entered according to act of Congress, in the / year 1864, by S.TACKABERRY. In the Clerk's / Office of the U.S. for the Southern District of / New York. / The nett [sic] proceeds from the sale of these Pho- / tographs will be devoted to the education of col- / ored people in the department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen. Banks. / CHAS. PAXSON, / PHOTOGRAPHER, / N.Y. / N.B.-- All orders must be addressed to H.N. / Bent, No. 1 Mercer Street, N.Y.

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