Barr & Young
Ole Abe

ArtistAmerican, 1839–c. 1920
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ole Abe
  • The Man Who Was Blown to Freedom During the Siege of Vicksburg
DateSeptember 18, 1863
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (8.9 × 5.7 cm)
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (8.9 × 5.7 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10 × 6.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2019.433
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceBret J. Formichi American Civil War Rarities Collection; [Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, October 26, 2019, Lot 47100]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.

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