H. Rocher, Chicago IL Full length portrait of Edmonia Lewis; woman in dress with large dark shawl draped over left shoulder, seated on tasseled chair. Carte de visite.

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Title: H. Rocher, Chicago IL Full length portrait of Edmonia Lewis; woman in dress with large dark shawl draped over left shoulder, seated on tasseled chair. Carte de visite.
Creator: From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created: circa 1870
Description: Born Mary Edmonia Lewis (c.1840-after 1909); sculptor; educated at New York Central College and Oberlin; traveled through Europe 1865; settled in Italy. Portrait busts thought to be among her finest body of work. Date and location of her passing are not known.
Provenance: Purchase from Swann Galleries, Inc., 1995 on various funds.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

JWJ MSS 54

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Container / Volume

Box 11, folder 481

Access: Public
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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.