Studio unknown Cameo portrait of John Brown, copy of earlier daguerreotype. Cabinet photograph

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection (JWJ MSS 54) > Series I. Visual Material > CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS > Studio unknown Cameo portrait of John Brown, copy of earlier daguerreotype. Cabinet photograph


2002341

Description

Title
Studio unknown Cameo portrait of John Brown, copy of earlier daguerreotype. Cabinet photograph
Creator
From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created
circa 1870
Description
There are only two known photographs of John Brown, who was executed in 1859, both being daguerreotypes. It is possible that the studio identification was deliberately left off this photograph because John Brown was not universally popular.
Provenance
Purchase from Swann Galleries, Inc., 1995 on various funds.
Language
English

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
JWJ MSS 54
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Container / Volume
Box 9, folder 284

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Citation
Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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Object ID (OID)
2002341

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