White and Black Slaves from New Orleans
White and Black Slaves from New Orleans

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White and Black Slaves from New Orleans,

ca. 1863

Myron H. Kimball, American, active 1850s–1860s
2017-32

Information

Title
White and Black Slaves from New Orleans
Dates

ca. 1863

Maker
Myron H. Kimball
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
8.1 × 5.2 cm (3 3/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2017-32
Place Made

North America, United States

Culture
American
Period
antebellum
Type
photographs, albumen prints, cartes-de-visite
Techniques
albumen process
Subject
studio portraits, women, figures (representations), children (people by age group), slaves

[Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2017.

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