Wilson Chinn, 1863

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Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

Dimensions

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sheet: 8.2 × 5.3 cm (3 1/4 × 2 1/16 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 6.1 cm (4 × 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2023.39.52

Artists / Makers

Myron H. Kimball (artist) American, 1827 - 1912

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center on mount printed in black ink: Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from Louisiana; also ex- / hibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves. / PHOTOGRAPHED BY KIMBALL, 477 BROADWAY, N. Y. / Ent'd accord'g to act of Congress in the year 1863, by Geo. II / HANKS, in the Clerk's Office of the U. S. for the So. Dist. of N. Y.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 6.38ELHH / AF029A; center printed in black ink: The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs / will be devoted exclusively to the education of colored / people in the Department of the Gulf, now under the com- / mand of Major General Banks.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.