Disderi & Co., Paris, 8 Boulevard des Italiens; London, Brook Street 70, 71, 72 Hanover Square W. and for Equestrian Portraits, Hereford lodge, old Brompton Road, S.W. Full length portrait of Duchess of Sutherland; lady in very fancy dress, necklace and flowers in her hair. Carte de visite

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection (JWJ MSS 54) > Series I. Visual Material > CARTES DE VISITE > Disderi & Co., Paris, 8 Boulevard des Italiens; London, Brook Street 70, 71, 72 Hanover Square W. and for Equestrian Portraits, Hereford lodge, old Brompton Road, S.W. Full length portrait of Duchess of Sutherland; lady in very fancy dress, necklace and flowers in her hair. Carte de visite

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Title: Disderi & Co., Paris, 8 Boulevard des Italiens; London, Brook Street 70, 71, 72 Hanover Square W. and for Equestrian Portraits, Hereford lodge, old Brompton Road, S.W. Full length portrait of Duchess of Sutherland; lady in very fancy dress, necklace and flowers in her hair. Carte de visite
Creator: From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created: circa 1865
Description: Subject is identified in pencil, recto, beneath image. The Duchess of Sutherland was very instrumental in the support of Frederick Douglass, raising funds in England towards his manumission and entertaining him on his visits to Britain.
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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    CARTES DE VISITE
    THIS ITEM Disderi & Co., Paris, 8 Boulevard des Italiens; London, Brook Street 70, 71, 72 Hanover Square W. and for Equestrian Portraits, Hereford lodge, old Brompton Road, S.W. Full length portrait of Duchess of Sutherland; lady in very fancy dress, necklace and flowers in her hair. Carte de visite

Container / Volume

Box 11, folder 409

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.