Sojourner Truth

Date1864

MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite

DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 5/16 × 2 1/8 inches (8.41 × 5.4 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 inches (10 × 6.19 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.105

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InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. / SOJOURNER TRUTH."; On mount verso, center, in black type: "Entered according to act of Congress / in the year, 1864, by SOJOURNER TRUTH, / in the Clerk's Office, of the U.S. District / Court, for the Eastern District of Mich.".

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DescriptionImage of a woman with glasses, Sojourner Truth, seated near a table with a vase of flowers. She's wearing a dress with a full skirt and long sleeves. She appears to be knitting a scarf that is draped over her shoulders.

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