Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence

Photograph

R. S. De Lamater

Maker
American

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence

A redeemed Slave Child, 5 years of age. Redeemed in Virginia, by Catherine S. Lawrence, baptized in Brooklyn at Plymouth Church, by Henry Ward Beecher, May, 1863.


1863
Albumen silver print
Image: 3 1/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.7 × 5.5 cm)
Mount: 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.2 × 6 cm)
Gift of Donald K. Weber
2008.0335.0001
Inscriptions Printed in black below image: Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence. \ A redemmed Slave Child, 5 years of age. Redeem-\ed in Virginia, by Catherine S. Lawrence, baptized \ in Brooklyn, at Plymouth Church, by Henry Ward \ Beecher, May, 1863. \ Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by \ C.S. Lawrence, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of \ the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
Printed in black on verso, C: R.S. De LAMATER / PHOTOGRAPHER / 258 Main St. / 3 doors above / Post Office / HARTFORD, CT
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