Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence

Artist De Lamater (American)

Date1863

MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite

DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 × 2 1/8 inches (7.62 × 5.4 cm)
Mount: 4 × 2 3/8 inches (10.16 × 6.03 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3847

SignedAttribution on mount verso, center, in black type/logo: "R.S.De LAMATER / PHOTOGRAPHER / 258 Main St. 3 doors above / Post Office / HARTFORD, CT."

InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence. / A redeemed Slave Child, 5 years of age. Redeem- / ed in Virginia, by Catherine S. Lawrence, baptized / in Brooklyn, at Plymouth Church, by Henry Ward / Beecher, May, 1863".

MarkingsOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by / C.S. Lawrence, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of / the United Staes, for the Southern District of New York."

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DescriptionImage of young girl kneeling at a chair in a prayerful posture. She is wearing a long white dress and her hair is curled.

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