Emancipation

Creator

Files

Description

The CDV features a photograph of an engraving or painting. It depicts Columbia holding a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. To her proper right, an African-American man kneels holding an American Flag. To Columbia's proper left, and African-American woman kneels with her arms crossed at her chest.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

4 X 2 1/2 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); albumen process

Inscription

recto, below print: EMANCIPATION verso, inscribed at top right: [$6.00] verso, inscribed at right: SCD[?]

Subjects

Carte de visite photographs

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

1025

Digital ID

FVW_01025

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.