Feb 26, 2009 - Sale 2171

Sale 2171 - Lot 333

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MUSIC.) BURLEIGH, HARRY T. Photograph Signed with a musical quote from the composer's "Deep river." 7x5 inches, sepia toned; tipped to the front free end-paper of a copy of Ralph W. Bullock's book, "In Spite of the Handicaps." New York, 1929; 1927

Additional Details

inscribed and signed by harry t. burleigh, (1866-1949), composer and vocalist. Burleigh wrote one of the most famous and enduring spirituals, "Deep River." The photo bears a two-bar quotation from that piece. The book that this photograph is tipped into consists of a collection of stories of African Americans who succeeded in life "In Spite of the Handicaps."