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Description
The CDV features an image depicting the Trent Affair, a Civil War-era incident where the U.S. Navy illegally captured two Confederate diplomats, James Murray Mason and John Slidell, from a British Ship. In the image, Mason and Slidell are pictured on a ship. To the left, John Russell stands on land with his proper left foot resting on a lion's back. He rips a piece of paper in his hands. To the right, William H. Seward stands on land and gestures to the ship. Jefferson Davis is pictured in the background.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
ca. 1862
Measurement
2 1/2 X 4 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
paper (fiber product); albumen process
Inscription
recto, at left of print: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by E. Anthony, in the / Clerk's office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New York. verso, inscribed at top: [$35.00] verso, backmark: THE GREAT SURRENDER. / America surrenders the great Commissioners-England surrenders / her great pretensions-Jeff. Davis surrenders his great expectations. / "The consideration is ample." -Sumner. / THE PORTRAITS OF EARL RUSSELL, MASON, SLIDELL AND / SEC'Y SEWARD, ARE PHOTOGRAPHY. / Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New-York.
Subjects
Carte de visite photographs; Trent Affair, 1861
Work Type
albumen prints ; cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Class
CDVs
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
1024
Digital ID
FVW_01024
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries.
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.