[DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895)]. [WARREN, George Kendall (1824-1884), attrib.] Silver gelatin cabinet card of Frederick Douglass. [Boston, MA], [ca 1879].
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$700 -
$900
Sold for $1,651
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895)]. [WARREN, George Kendall (1824-1884), attrib.] Silver gelatin cabinet card of Frederick Douglass. [Boston, MA], [ca 1879].
4 x 5 1/2 in. cabinet photograph on cardstock mount (toning, several stray markings, wear to mount, modern adhesive remnants and surface loss to verso). Uncredited yet identical pose to Plate 42 (cat #98) in Picturing Frederick Douglass, which is a CDV by George Kendall Warren, ca 1879. Warren was active in Massachusetts from 1851-1881, based in Lowell until moving to Boston in 1870. His Washington Street studio opened in 1872, and he specialized in college class photos and portraits of famous figures. (Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015)
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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