Oct 15, 2015 - Sale 2393

Sale 2393 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 6,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,400 - $ 1,800
SEAVER, CHARLES (active 1856-1879)
"Gordon, an Ex-Slave Escaped from Mississippi." Albumen print, 3 7/8x2 1/4 inches (9.8x6.7 cm.), on the original carte-de-visite mount measuring 3 7/8x2 1/4 inches (9.8x5.7 cm.), with identifying captions, in pencil, on a later mount recto, and with various stamps, inscriptions, and a label, on that mount verso. Circa 1863
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Originally from the Jay Culver Family Collection.

A popular carte-de-visite among abolitionists in the United States, this image of Gordon's keloid scars (due to his repeated whippings by slave masters) impressed upon its recipients the brutality of slavery.