Rebecca, A Slave Girl from New Orleans
Artist
Tackaberry
(American)
Dateca. 1863
MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite
DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 5/16 × 2 1/8 inches (8.41 × 5.4 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 2 3/8 inches (10 × 6.03 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 2 3/8 inches (10 × 6.03 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3843
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "REBECCA. / A Slave Girl from New Orleans.";
On mount verso, top, in black pen: "Laura".
MarkingsOn mount verso, center, in black type: "No. 5. / 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. ";
On mount verso, center, in black type: "The nett proceeds from the sale of the Photographs / will be devoted to the education of Colored People in the / department of the Gulf, now under the command of Major / General Banks.";
On mount verso, center, in black type: "N.B. -- All orders must be address to H. N. BENT, Sta- / tion D. New York."
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Myron H. Kimball
1863
2005.27.257
