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Lot 130
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$813
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. SCHLEIER, T.M., photographer. CDV of an African American nanny holding a white baby. Nashville, TN.
2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. CDV on cardstock mount (toning, few dark spots near left edge of print and mount, minor surface loss at top left). Verso with photographer's imprint and penciled date, "1859," indicating that this portrait was taken when Tennessee was a slave state.