
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00027039Wilson, Branded Slave from New Orleans
Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Charles Paxson (American, active New York, 1860s)
- Date
- 1863
- Medium
- Albumen silver print from glass negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 3 5/16 × 2 1/16 in. (8.4 × 5.3 cm) Sheet: 3 5/16 × 2 1/16 in. (8.4 × 5.3 cm) Mount: 3 15/16 in. × 2 3/8 in. (10 × 6.1 cm) Frame (approx): 14 x 11 in.
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photographs
- Department
- Photographs
- Credit line
- Purchase, Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2019
- Accession no.
- 2019.521
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