4 x 5 5/8 in. albumen cabinet card on cardstock mount (minor soil, light toning, excellent tonality). Photographer's imprints to recto and verso. Period inscription to mount recto: "Rev. James H. Deuptie, Monrovia, Liberia".

James H. Deputie was born in Barre Forge, PA in 1838 and sailed with his family to Liberia in 1853. He worked as a teacher in mission schools, received medical training, and primarily served as a preacher and missionary throughout Liberia. He traveled to the United States in 1877, possibly when this photograph was taken. Near the end of his life, he also served as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of Liberia.