Learning is Wealth: Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa

Artist Charles Paxson (American, 1841 - 1880)

Date1864

MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite

DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 1/16 × 2 1/16 inches (7.78 × 5.24 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 2 3/8 inches (10 × 6.03 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3838

SignedAttribution on mount verso, center, in brown type: "CHAS. PAXSON, / PHOTOGRAPHER / New York."

InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "LEARNING IS WEALTH. / WILSON, CHARLEY, REBECCA & ROSA. / Slaves from New Orleans."

MarkingsOn mount verso, center, in brown type: "No. 6, / Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. / TACKABERRY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. / The nett [sic] proceeds from the sale of these Photographs / will be devoted to the education of Colored People in the de- / partment of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen'l / Banks. / N B. -- All orders must be addressed to H. N. BENT, No. 1 / Mercer Street, New York."

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DescriptionImage of a seated man holding a book with three children, also holding books, seated nearby.

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