<I>The Sale</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1863
name: label: Created by
content: Henry Louis Stephens, American, 1821 - 1886
notes: label: Description
content: This color lithograph on a carte-de-visite card depicts an enslaved man being sold at auction by a white man with a hat and beard who is calling out and gesticulating. The slave carries a hat in his right hand and lowers his eyes to the ground.
title: label: Title
content: Carte-de-visite of a slave auction
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Caricature and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2008.9.53
objectType: label: Type
content: color lithographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lithographic ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 x 2 1/2 in. (10.2 x 6.4 cm)