I sell the shadow to support the substance : Sojourner Truth, [1864]

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Summary

Abstract:
Albumen photographic portrait on cabinet card featuring full-length image of Sojourner Truth; facing front but turned slightly to her left; in a dark dress with light collar, cap, and shawl; holding her knitting while seated; with her left arm resting on a small table that has a decorative table cloth and holds a notebook and vase of flowers. The room has a patterned rug. There are five spatters of ink or another substance on the surface of the photograph, along with a few spatters on the mount.
Extent:
1 photographs (print on card mount ; mount 17 x 11 cm.)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Research Center:
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Collection ID:
RL.11049

Background

Scope and content:

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864 by Sojourner Truth in the clerk's office of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan."--Verso of card mount.

Albumen photographic portrait on cabinet card featuring full-length image of Sojourner Truth; facing front but turned slightly to her left; in a dark dress with light collar, cap, and shawl; holding her knitting while seated; with her left arm resting on a small table that has a decorative table cloth and holds a notebook and vase of flowers. The room has a patterned rug. There are five spatters of ink or another substance on the surface of the photograph, along with a few spatters on the mount.

Processing information:

Processed by: Alice L. Poffinberger, June, 2015.

Accessions described in this finding aid: 2015-0050-LUBMSS588

Rules or conventions:
Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics)

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