Harvard Art Museums > P2004.7: Rebecca, an Emancipated Slave, from New Orleans Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Rebecca, an Emancipated Slave, from New Orleans (M.H. Kimball) , P2004.7,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/4585. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number P2004.7 People M.H. Kimball, American (active 1860s) Title Rebecca, an Emancipated Slave, from New Orleans Classification Photographs Work Type carte-de-visite, photograph Date 1863 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/4585 Physical Descriptions Technique Albumen silver print Dimensions image: 8.3 x 5.4 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.) mount: 9.6 x 5.8 cm (3 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, black ink, pre-printed: 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 command of Maj. Gen. Banks. inscription: recto, on mount below image, black ink, pre-printed: REBECCA, an Emanicipated Slave, from New Orleans. Photographed by Kimball, 477 Broadway, N.Y. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by GEO. H. BANKS, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. for the Sou. Dist. of N.Y. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Michael Alabnese, Kendall, New York, sold [through online auction]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2004 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Purchase Fund for Photographs Accession Year 2004 Object Number P2004.7 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Mazie Harris, Paper Promises: Early American Photography, exh. cat., Getty Trust Publications (Los Angeles, 2018), pl. 100 Exhibition History Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 01/14/2006 - 03/26/2006; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, 04/21/2006 - 07/16/2006; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, 08/25/2006 - 11/26/2006 Paper Promises: Early American Photography, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 02/27/2018 - 05/27/2018 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
