Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 74

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(PHOTOGRAPHY.) Carte-de-visite of Wilson Chinn, "a branded slave from Louisiana, also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves. Photographed by Kimball." Some slight darkening and discoloration consistent with age. New York, 1863
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Wilson Chinn, who bore a brand on his forehead, appeared in numerous photographs together with several other slaves and a number of children. They appear both separately and in a group photograph. See lot 73.