(RELIGION) Cabinet card portrait of the Rev John Henry Hecto

Sale 2631 - Lot 294

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(RELIGION.) Cabinet card portrait of the Rev. John Henry Hector, known on the national lecture circuit as "The Black Knight." Photograph, 5 1/2 x 4 inches, on photographer's original mount; minimal wear. York, PA: Shadle & Busser, circa 1895

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John Henry Hector (1845-1914) was born in Canada, emigrated to the United States as a young man, served in the Civil War with the 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, and became an A.M.E. minister. By 1889 he was a prominent temperance advocate on the lecture circuit, billed as "the Black Knight," and he toured England in 1896. He settled in York, PA by 1894, where he resided for the remainder of his life.

This portrait is not captioned, but another example was offered through the Cabinet Card Gallery in 2011, and other identified images of Hector in the same suit are known. The photographers Shadle & Busser began their partnership in 1887.