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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.55
People
Charles Paxson, American (active 1860s-1870s New York, NY)
Title
Learning is Wealth
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
19th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/369305

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Albumen silver print
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
photograph: 8.9 × 5.4 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.)
mount: 10 × 6.1 cm (3 15/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: printed on mount, below image: LEARNING IS WEALTH. / WILSON, CHARLEY, REBECCA & ROSA. / Slaves from New Orleans.
  • inscription: verso of mount, printed: No. 6. / 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 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.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Greg French, Jamaica Plain], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Kenyon C. Bolton III Fund
Accession Year
2020
Object Number
2020.55
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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