Carte-de-visite

Object number
P9297
Creator
Elliott & Fry
Date
before July 1891
Description
A carte-de-visite depicting a young Black boy wearing a jacket and necktie. Handwriting at bottom edge (front) reads: "J...[illegible]." Handwriting on reverse reads: Jacob Wa...[illegible]-/Gave this to LRW./Guss' faithful servant/of D...[illegible] Livingston.died/in Zanzibar [July crossed out] May/6th 1891-". Photograph by Elliott & Fry of 55 Baker Street, Portman Square, London.
Subjects
African American