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[identification of item], [box #, folder #], "The Negro" Lithograph, circa 1850-1860, SC 0021, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
James Madison University Special Collections acquired this item at auction from Cohasco, Inc. in January 2016.
Due to the nature of this item, a biographical/historical note is not applicable.
"The Negro" Lithograph, circa 1850-1860, is printed on a 4 ½ x 6 ¾ inch cream-colored lithograph card. The lithograph, entitled "The Negro," portrays a young man of African descent dressed in a loose fitting white shirt; his face is solemn. The title is also handwritten at the top of the lithograph.
The lithograph is housed in one legal folder.