[Rosina Downs, a former slave girl from New Orleans]
Rating
Title
[Rosina Downs , a former slave girl from New Orleans]
Creator
Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880
Date
ca. 1861-1865
Date (EDTF)
1861~/1865~
Decade
1860-1869
Part Of
Collection of Civil War and military cartes de visite and portraits
Page Number
See link:http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/quakersandslavery/commentary/themes/white_slaves.php
Description
Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rosina Downs , facing left. Downs was the subject of multiple photographs documenting slave children. See also: http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/u?/civ,156.
Notes
Verso : [imprinted] No . 1 Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1864 by S . Tackaberry , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States , for the Southern District of New York . The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs will be devoted to the education of Colored People in the department of the Gulf , now under the command of Maj . Gen'l Banks . Chas . Paxson , Photographer , New York.. .
Keywords
Civil War ; portraits ; slaves ; children ; Downs , Rosina
Physical Description
1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen ; 9 x 6 cm
Form/Genre
Cartes de visite Card photographs Photographs Portrait photographs Albumen prints
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2011
Digital Format
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival scan: 2744 w x 4204 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (recto); 2744 w x 4204 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (verso)
Digitization Process
Digitization process: Recto and verso scanned using an Epson 750 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tifs; recto and verso files combined to make composite derivative and resampled to 3000 pixels on the long edge, 24-bit .jpg
Call Number
Ag2007.0007
Upload File Name
ag2007_0007_084c_girl.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
ag2007_0007_084r_girl.tif; ag2007_0007_084v_girl.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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