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"Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography" by John Stauffer, et al.
- Item Number
- 431
- Estimated Value
- 50 USD
- Sold
- 30 USD to baecadc8f
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- 2 - Bid History
Item Description
Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American By John Stauffer, Zoe Trodd, Celeste-Marie Bernier. Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015. 12.25 x 9.25 x 1 inches. Hardcover, 288 pp. The most photographed American of the 19th century was Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), the ex-slave turned leading abolitionist, eloquent orator, and seminal writer whose fiery speeches transformed him into one of the most renowned and popular agitators of his age. Here Douglass emerges as a leading pioneer in photography, both as a stately subject and as a prescient theorist who believed in the explosive social power of what was then just a nascent art form. His legacy is is inseparable from his portrait gallery, which contains 160 separate photographs. At last, all of these photographs have been collected into a single volume. Also included are other representations of Douglass during his lifetime and after -- such as paintings, statues, and satirical cartoons -- as well as Douglass's own writings on visual aesthetics, which have never before been transcribed from his own handwritten drafts. A stunning achievement and a handsome volume. This copy has a small tear on the top of the dust jacket but is otherwise quite lovely.
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