Isaac and Rosa, Emancipated Slave Children from the Free School of Louisiana
Artist
Myron H. Kimball
(American, born 1825)
Date1863
MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite
DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/16 inches (8.89 × 5.24 cm)
Mount: 4 1/4 × 2 3/8 inches (10.8 × 6.03 cm)
Mount: 4 1/4 × 2 3/8 inches (10.8 × 6.03 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.257
SignedArtist's attribution on mount recto, bottom, in black type: "Photographed by KIMBALL, 477 Broadway, N.Y."
InscribedInscribed on mount recto, bottom, in black type: "ISAAC and ROSA, Emancipated slave Chil- / dren, from the Free Schools of Louisiana."
MarkingsOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863 by / GEO. H. HANKS, in the Clerk's Office of the United States, / for the Southern District of New York.";
On mount verso, center, in black type: "The nett [sic] proceeds from the sale of these Photo- /graphs will be devoted to the education of / Colored People in the Department of the Gulf, now / under the command of Maj. Gen. Banks."
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of two children standing arm in arm. The boy is wearing matching pants and jacket with a bow tie; the girl is wearing an off-the-shoulder dress with dark horizontal stripes at neck and hem.
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