Charles Paxson
Learning is Wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa. Slaves from New Orleans.

ArtistAmerican, active 1860s–1870s
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Learning is Wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa. Slaves from New Orleans.
Date1864
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 3 3/8 × 2 1/16 in. (8.5 × 5.3 cm)
Sheet: 3 3/8 × 2 1/16 in. (8.5 × 5.3 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (10 × 6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2020.87
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Cowan's Auction, Cincinnati, Ohio, American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Including Books: Timed Auction, April 10-20, 2020, Lot 83]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black, mount recto, bottom: LEARNING IS WEALTH. // WILSON, CHARLEY, REBECCA & ROSA. // Slaves from New Orleans.

Printed in black, mount verso, center: No. 6. // // Entered according to act of Congress, in the // year 1864. by S. TACKABERRY, in the Clerk’s // Office of the U. S. for the Southern District of // New York. // // The net proceeds from the sale of these Pho- // tographs will be devoted to the education of col- // ored people in the department of the Gulf, now // under the command of Maj. Gen. Banks. // // CHAS. PAXSON, // PHOTOGRAPHER, // N. Y. // // N. B. –All orders must be addressed to H. N. // BENT, No. 1 Mercer Street, N. Y.

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