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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2004.10
People
M.H. Kimball, American (active 1860s)
Title
Rebecca, Augusta and Rosa, Emancipated Slaves, 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/55242

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 8.6 x 5.4 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
mount: 10 x 6 cm (3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, on mount, below image, ink, pre-printed mount: REBECCA, AUGUSTA and ROSA, Emancipated Slaves, from New Orleans. Photographed by KIMBALL, 477 Broadway, N.Y. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by P. BACON, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. for the Sou. Dist. of N.Y.
  • inscription: verso, ink, pre-printed mount: 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.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2004

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous gift in honor of Michelle Lamunière
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
P2004.10
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Mazie Harris, Paper Promises: Early American Photography, exh. cat., Getty Trust Publications (Los Angeles, 2018), pl. 98

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

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