“Rather Die Freemen, than Live to Be Slaves”

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

“Rather Die Freemen, than Live to Be Slaves”

Bowser, David Bustill

c. 1864

Accession Number

2023.39.64

Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

Dimensions

image/sheet: 9.7 × 5.9 cm (3 13/16 × 2 5/16 in.) | mount: 10.2 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

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