Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, five years of age as she appeared when found in slavery. Redeemed in Virginia by Catharine [i.e., Catherine] S. Lawrence; baptized in Brooklyn, at Plymouth Church by Henry Ward Beecher, May 1863 / photographed by Kellogg Brothers, 279 Main Street, Hartford Conn.
Summary
Photograph shows full-length portraits of Fannie Lawrence and an African American woman looking at Catherine Lawrence.
Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M126.
"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C. S. Lawrence, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York" caption printed on front of mount.
"TD 488" inscribed on back of mount in pencil.
Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.310).
Tags
Date
01/01/1863
Contributors
Kellogg Brothers, photographer
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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