(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--PHOTOGRAPHY.) The Scourged Back. Carte-de-visite of...

Pricing & History

Sold For $___ Subscribe to reveal

Sold Date 2026 full date locked

Source SWANN AUCTION GALLERIES, New York, NY, USA

Adjusted Price $___

Subscribe Now Sign In

Cancel anytime Cancel anytime 5M+ records

Browse free records

Description

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--PHOTOGRAPHY.) The Scourged Back. Carte-de-visite of Private Gordon whose back was horribly disfigured with keloid scars from repeated whippings; some slight fading and discoloration in the upper left corner. Np, circa 1863

A notorious image, shown here on a carte-de-visite. Gordon was an escaped slave who enlisted in...

Full description available to subscribers Subscribe to read more