Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

46 c   (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Delicately hand-tinted tintype of John Brown. Sixth-plate tintype, 2 1 / 2 x 2 inches oval to sight in period gilt mat; in a leather case blind-stamped with an American flag, with minor wear. Np, circa 1860 [4,000/6,000] This portrait of the abolitionist leader is also found at Harper’s Ferry; Abbott & Co. also released it as an uncased tintype with a printed label on verso.