Sojourner Truth, 1864

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Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

Dimensions

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sheet: 8.4 × 5.5 cm (3 5/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
mount: 10.3 × 6.2 cm (4 1/16 × 2 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

Accession Number

2023.39.49

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center on mount printed in black ink: I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. / SOJOURNER TRUTH.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top left in graphite: AF028; top right: 815RHH: center printed in black ink: Entered according to act of Con- / gress in the year 1864, by SOJOURNER / TRUTH. in the Clerk's Office, of the / U. S. District Court, for the Eastern / District of Michigan.

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.