Sojourner Truth
Artist
Unknown
Date1864
MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite
DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 inches (8.89 × 5.72 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 the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2007.17.34
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "I SELL THE SHADOW TO SUPPORT THE / SUBSTANCE. / SOJOURNER TRUTH.";
On mount verso, top: "[?]...ubman's Village / Dec. 15th, 1864.";
On mount verso, center, in pencil: "11902";
On mount verso, center, in black type: "Entered according to the 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 Michigan.".
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom: 2 cent blue revenue stamp
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DescriptionImage of a woman with glasses, Sojourner Truth, standing with a curtain drawn on right side of the frame. She's wearing a full skirt with a long-sleeved top and shawl. She stands with her head covered, a cane in one hand, and a bag over the arm of the other.Exhibition HistoryIn the Public Eye: Photography and Fame. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 8 - June 15, 2008, no cat.
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath. Museum of Fine Arts Houston, November 11, 2012 - February 3, 2013, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA, March 23 - June 2, 2013, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 29 - September 29, 2013, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY, November 8, 2013 - February 2, 2014, no. 353.
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André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
1864
2024.12.1
