Feb 28, 2006 - Sale 2068

Sale 2068 - Lot 86

Price Realized: $ 1,495
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
TRUTH, SOJOURNER. Cabinet card photograph of a painting of Sojourner Truth and Abraham Lincoln painted by Frank Courtner, some very slight rubbing and tiny chip to the mount which which bears the blind stamp of the photographer, Perry. Battle Creek, MI, circa 1893
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It is very likely that Sojourner Truth's daughter Diana sat for the original painting by Courtener. It was destroyed by fire when the Battle Creek Sanatorium where it was hung burned to the ground in 1902. The photograph by Perry of Battle Creek is the only record of the work. [together with] a post card reproduction of the above piece, circa 1900.