CDV, William Lloyd Garrison

The Famous Abolitionist, and Prominent Advocate of Women's Rights!

(1805-79) Born in in Newburyport, Massachusetts, he was a newspaper publisher, and editor of the "The Liberator," a Boston newspaper that was a strong and influential voice for abolition which he began in 1831, and continued for 35 years. He was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society and promoted the immediate and uncompensated emancipation of slaves in the United States. A price was put on his head, and he was burned in effigy, and gallows were...  

CDV, Poet James Russell Lowell

Served as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, and U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, England

(1819-91) Born and died at Cambridge, Mass. He was a world known poet, writer, educator, public servant, and foremost American man of letters in his time. He graduated from Harvard, and the Harvard Law School. He succeeded Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as Smith professor of French and Spanish, and professor of belles letters at Harvard. Lowell became involved in the movement to abolish slavery, using poetry to express his anti-slavery...  

Tintype, Young Girl

Half plate tintype of a cute young girl seated in a chair. Very fine looking image in this larger size format. Measures 5 x 7. Tintype only. Would look nice in a frame.