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Description
Engraved portrait of 'Ellen Craft, The Fugitive Slave.' 240 x 159 mm (sheet size).
Engraved by J. Andrews and S.A. Schoff from a daguerrotype by Hates. (A daguerrotype is an early photographic process where a single image is produced on a metal sheet)
Ellen Craft (c. 1826 – c. 1897) was an American slave who was the daughter of a slave woman and her white master. Her famous escape from slavery was widely publicised and used by abolitionists to support their cause. During her escape, she disguised herself as a white man, as she is depicted here, while her husband posed as her manservant.
Engraved by J. Andrews and S.A. Schoff from a daguerrotype by Hates. (A daguerrotype is an early photographic process where a single image is produced on a metal sheet)
Ellen Craft (c. 1826 – c. 1897) was an American slave who was the daughter of a slave woman and her white master. Her famous escape from slavery was widely publicised and used by abolitionists to support their cause. During her escape, she disguised herself as a white man, as she is depicted here, while her husband posed as her manservant.
Name/Title
'Ellen Craft, The Fugitive Slave.'
Measurements
Width: 6.5cm
Length: 9.5cm
Length: 9.5cm
Media/Materials
Accession No
2007.6357
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