"Slave nurse and child"

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"Slave nurse and child"
Sixth-plate daguerreotype. Circa 1850. Leather case.

Literature

Wilson, Hidden Witness:African-American Images from the Dawn of Photography to the Civil War, pp. 96-97; "Facing History: Images of African-Americans Illuminate a Proud Past, Smithsonian Magazine, Noevmeber 1999, p. 141.

Exhibited

Hidden Witness: African-Americans in Early Photography, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, 29 February - 18 June 1995.

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