[DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895)]. WARREN, George Kendall (1824-1884), photographer. Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass.
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,000 -
1,500
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$3,175
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Lot Description
[DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895)]. WARREN, George Kendall (1824-1884), photographer. Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass.
4 x 5 1/2 in. cabinet card on cardstock mount (indentation at each corner of print/mount, some toning). Lower margin of mount includes blindstamp of "G.W. Thorne, New York," and period inked identification. Warren's Boston and Cambridgeport, Massachusetts imprint 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 ca 1879. Stauffer, Trodd, and Bernier, Picturing Frederick Douglass, cat. #99.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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