Lewis Charlton, 1884

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Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

Dimensions

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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.)

Credit Line

Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

Accession Number

2023.39.51

Artists / Makers

W. J. Chapman (artist) British, 1830 - c. 1923

Image Use

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Inscription

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.

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.