R.G. MONTGOMERY (RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ACTIVE 1840s)
PROPERTY FROM THE JACKIE NAPOLEAN WILSON COLLECTION
R.G. MONTGOMERY (RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ACTIVE 1840s)

Slave and child

Details
R.G. MONTGOMERY (RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ACTIVE 1840s)
Slave and child
Sixth-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored. Circa 1845. Stamped credit in the velvet case lining. Leather case.
Literature
Wilson, Hidden Witness:African-American Images from the Dawn of Photography to the Civil War, pp. 6-7.
Exhibited
Hidden Witness:African-Americans in Early Photography, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, 29 February - June 18, 1995.

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