Chas. Paxson, New York, NY Three quarter length triple portrait of Rebecca, Charley and Rosa; three children in formal dress seated as named; Rosa sits with chin in palm of left hand and left elbow resting on newel. Stamped recto, "Rebecca, Charley & Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans." 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 > Chas. Paxson, New York, NY Three quarter length triple portrait of Rebecca, Charley and Rosa; three children in formal dress seated as named; Rosa sits with chin in palm of left hand and left elbow resting on newel. Stamped recto, "Rebecca, Charley & Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans." Carte de visite

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Title: Chas. Paxson, New York, NY Three quarter length triple portrait of Rebecca, Charley and Rosa; three children in formal dress seated as named; Rosa sits with chin in palm of left hand and left elbow resting on newel. Stamped recto, "Rebecca, Charley & Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans." Carte de visite
Creator: From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created: 1864
Description: Stamped verso: "No. 4." Other inscriptions identical to 2111. Cf. same image as D-143.
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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    THIS ITEM Chas. Paxson, New York, NY Three quarter length triple portrait of Rebecca, Charley and Rosa; three children in formal dress seated as named; Rosa sits with chin in palm of left hand and left elbow resting on newel. Stamped recto, "Rebecca, Charley & Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans." Carte de visite

Container / Volume

Box 11, folder 508

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.