Harvard Art Museums > 2020.55: Learning is Wealth Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Learning is Wealth (Charles Paxson) , 2020.55,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 08, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/369305. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2020.55 People Charles Paxson, American (active 1860s-1870s New York, NY) Title Learning is Wealth Classification Photographs Work Type photograph Date 19th century Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/369305 Physical Descriptions Medium Albumen silver print Technique Albumen silver print Dimensions photograph: 8.9 × 5.4 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.) mount: 10 × 6.1 cm (3 15/16 × 2 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: printed on mount, below image: LEARNING IS WEALTH. / WILSON, CHARLEY, REBECCA & ROSA. / Slaves from New Orleans. inscription: verso of mount, printed: No. 6. / Entered according to act of Congress, in the / year 1864. by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's / Office of the U.S. for the Southern District of / New-York. / The nett proceeds from the sale of these Pho- / tographs will be devoted to the education of col- / ored people in the department of the Gulf, now / under the command of Maj. Gen. Banks. / CHAS. PAXSON, / PHOTOGRAPHER, / N. Y. / N. B. - All orders must be addressed to H. N. / Bent, No. 1 Mercer Street, N. Y. Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Greg French, Jamaica Plain], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Kenyon C. Bolton III Fund Accession Year 2020 Object Number 2020.55 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
