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PROPERTY FROM THE JACKIE NAPOLEAN WILSON COLLECTION
WILLIAM A. PRATT (RICHMOND, VA, ACTIVE 1844-1856)
"Freemen of Color"
Details
WILLIAM A. PRATT (RICHMOND, VA, ACTIVE 1844-1856)
"Freemen of Color"
Quarter-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored. Circa 1850. Stamped credit on the velvet case lining. Leather case.
"Freemen of Color"
Quarter-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored. Circa 1850. Stamped credit on the velvet case lining. Leather case.
Literature
Wilson, Hidden Witness:African-American Images from the Dawn of Photography to the Civil War, pp. 100-101; "Facing History: Images of African-Americans Illuminate a Proud Past, Smithsonian Magazine, Noevmeber 1999, p. 138.
Exhibited
Hidden Witness:African-Americans in Early Photography, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, 29 February - 18 June 1995.