Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins, c. 1865

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Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

Dimensions

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sheet: 8.9 × 5.7 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 6.1 cm (4 × 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Accession Number

2022.174.38

Artists / Makers

Washington L. Germon (artist) American, 1823 - 1877

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left on mount printed in black ink: Germon,; lower right: 914 Arch St. Phila.; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: Blind [illegible]; center printed in black ink: W. L. Germon's / Temple of Art, / 914 Arch Street, Philadelphia.; lower center applied blue two-cent tax stamp; bottom center printed in black ink: Duplicates of this can be ordered at any time by sending / Name and No.

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Harris, Thomas