The Presentation of a Gold Snuff Box to the Rev R J Breckenr

Sale 1998 - Lot 54

Price Realized: $ 2,760

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The Presentation of a Gold Snuff Box to the Rev. R. J. Breckenridge in Bethel Church by Rev. Darius Stokes in Behalf of the Colored People of Baltimore. Lithographed print showing the presentation. An India Proof, the proof on a captioned publisher's mount, 161/2x191/2 inches; some repaired damage along the left side of the Proof, with some disruption of the neat lines, minor dampstaining on the mount around the caption; matted and framed. Baltimore, 6481 (i.e. 1846)

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Robert Jefferson Breckenridge was a lawyer, politician, and minister. He was an outspoken advocate of emancipation in the pro-slavery state of Maryland and openly defended the Black community there. The print was copyrighted under the name of Reverend Daniel A. Payne, later bishop of the A.M.E. and a president of Wilberforce University.