Redeemed in Virginia
Rating
Title
Redeemed in Virginia
Creator
Renowden
Date
1863
Date (EDTF)
1863
Decade
1860-1869
Part Of
Collection of Civil War and military cartes de visite and portraits
Place
Brooklyn , New York
Description
Rare 1863 carte-de-visite of an African-American girl . Catharine Lawrence was an important Civil War nurse , the first to use anesthesia , and the author of an important and scarce autobiography .
Notes
Recto : [printed] Redeemed in Virginia By Catharine S . Lawrence . Baptized in Brooklyn , at Plymouth Church , by Henry Ward Beecher , May , 1863 . Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence , a Redeemed SLAVE CHILD , 5 years of age . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1863 , by C . S . Lawrence , in the Clerk's Office of the district Court of the United States , for the Southern District of New York . Photograph by Renowden , 65 Fulton Av . Brooklyn .
Related Resources
MARC record : http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2430826
Keywords
Civil War ; slaves ; portraits ; children ; girls
Physical Description
1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : 10 x 6 cm
Form/Genre
Cartes de visite Card photographs Photographs Portrait photographs
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2011
Digital Format
Displayed as image .jp2; uploaded as image .jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival scan: 1200 ppi
Digitization Process
Digitization process: Master: Object recto and verso each scanned as 3062 x 4706 pixel, 48-bit, RGB .tif file; Derivative: Master recto and verso files combined to make composite derivative and resampled as 3000 pixel wide 24 bit, RGB .jpg file.
Call Number
Ag2007.0007
Upload File Name
ag2007_0007_056c_redeemed.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
ag2007_0007_056r_redeemed.tif; ag2007_0007_056v_redeemed.tif
Digital Collection
Civil War: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
Central University Libraries , Southern Methodist University
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library , Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information , contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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