Mar 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2697 -

Sale 2697 - Lot 155

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(FREDERICK DOUGLASS.) George Kendall Warren, photographer. Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederick Douglass. Albumen photograph, 3¾ x 2¼ inches, on original mount with photographer's backmark and "Warren" printed on mount recto, with small printed label "Fred. Douglas" pasted over the credit, and "Douglass" in pencil on verso; foxing mark near right margin, mount remnants on verso, minimal wear. Boston, circa 1879
Request Condition Report Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

An alternate pose from the same sitting as the well-known portrait which was used for the frontispiece of "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass." This variant has him turned a bit more toward the left. "Picturing Frederick Douglass" 97.

Also in This Catalogue