Recent Acquisition: Carte de visite portrait of Frederick Douglass - Boston Athenaeum

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03.23.2022

Recent Acquisition: Carte de visite portrait of Frederick Douglass

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George Kendall Warren (1834–1884), photographer
Carte de visite portrait of Frederick Douglass, about 1879
Albumen photograph on mount
Purchase, William Morris Hunt II Photography Fund, 2020