Portrait of Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, and George Thompson
Artist
Southworth & Hawes
(American, active 1843-1861; Albert Sands Southworth, 1811-1894; Josiah Johnson Hawes, 1808-1901)
Printer
New York State Education Department
(American, founded 1784)
Dateca. 1850-1851; printed 1912
MediumLantern slide
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 4 inches (8.26 × 10.16 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.11.4
Signednone
InscribedOn plate recto, left edge, in gold type: “DIVISION OF VISUAL INSTRUCTION”;
On plate recto, right edge, in gold type: “NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT”;
On plate verso, left edge, white label with black type and black pen: “New York State Education Department / Visual Instruction Division / NEGATIVE NO. 1916”;
On plate verso, right edge, white label with black type: “JL / GcC / Portraits of Wendell Phillips (1811-84), William Lloyd Garrison (1805-79) and George Thompson / (1804-78). After daguerreotype, about 1851, Public Library of the City of Boston. (1912)”.
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of three men seated next to one another behind a round table with a patterned table cloth. The men are dressed in dark suits with ties. The man in the center wears glasses and the man on the right is seated with his arms crossed.ProvenanceEugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography;
Purchased at his sale American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Including African Americana, Cowan's, Cincinnati, OH, June 26, 2020, lot 13 by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
Purchased at his sale American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Including African Americana, Cowan's, Cincinnati, OH, June 26, 2020, lot 13 by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
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