“Rather Die Freemen, than Live to Be Slaves”, c. 1864

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Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

Dimensions

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sheet: 9.7 × 5.9 cm (3 13/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
mount: 10.2 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2023.39.64

Artists / Makers

David Bustill Bowser (artist) American, 1820 - 1900

Image Use

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Inscription

on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF031H; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: To be engraved [?]; center printed in black ink: D. B. Bowser / ARTIST / No. 481 North 4th St. / Philadelphia.; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: Compliments of / Robert R. Carson

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.