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Lot 117
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$500 -
700
Price Realized
$1,890
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Lot Description
[DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895)]. [WARREN, George Kendall (ca 1824-1884), photographer]. Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass.
4 x 5 13/16 in. albumen cabinet card on cardstock mount (mount somewhat curved, light toning). Modern pencil inscription identifying subject on mount verso.
Douglass is pictured with white hair and a full beard wearing a fringed tie. Picturing Frederick Douglass notes that the image was taken by George Kendall Warren and was published in Boston circa 1879. Stauffer, Trodd, and Bernier, Picturing Frederick Douglass, cat. #98.