McPherson & Oliver
The Scourged Back

ArtistAmerican, active 1860s
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Scourged Back
  • Gordon Under Medical Inspection
DateApril 2, 1863
PlaceBaton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 3 1/2 × 2 in. (8.9 × 5.1 cm)
Sheet: 3 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.2 × 5.6 cm)
Mount: 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2021.66
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Swann Auction Galleries, New York, Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 25, 2021, Lot 7]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The photographic image includes the printed caption of the original carte de visite at the bottom: Copy of a photograph taken from life at Baton // Rouge, La. April 2 1863.

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