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Publisher
George Barker
(Canadian-American, 1844 – 1894)
Date1886
MediumAlbumen prints mounted on cardstock
DimensionsMount: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Simón de Swaan
Object numberS2023.1.39
Not on view
DescriptionDepicts an elderly black man sitting atop an ox-drawn cart.
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Inscribed
Recto, top left corner (stamp): "ELEVEN FIRST PRIZE MEDALS."
Recto, top right corner (stamp): "AMERICAN FOREIGN GENRE & COMIC"
Recto, left margin (vertical): "GEO BARKER. NIAGARA GALLS, N. Y."
Recto, right margin (vertical): "GEMS OF INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY"
Recto, bottom left corner (round stamp): "Grand Prize DIamond Badge 1887"
Recto, bottom right corner (round stamp): "Gold Medal Paris 1889”
Recto, bottom left margin: "The Lightning Express, Savannah, Ga. "
Recto, bottom right margin: "Copyright 1886 by Geo. Barker"
Recto, top right corner (stamp): "AMERICAN FOREIGN GENRE & COMIC"
Recto, left margin (vertical): "GEO BARKER. NIAGARA GALLS, N. Y."
Recto, right margin (vertical): "GEMS OF INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY"
Recto, bottom left corner (round stamp): "Grand Prize DIamond Badge 1887"
Recto, bottom right corner (round stamp): "Gold Medal Paris 1889”
Recto, bottom left margin: "The Lightning Express, Savannah, Ga. "
Recto, bottom right margin: "Copyright 1886 by Geo. Barker"
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