Signed C-D-V

(GARRISON). Carte-De-Visite of William Lloyd Garrison. [London]: Elliott & Fry, 65 Baker St., [1866?]. Fine. $600.00

Signed on the back in pencil by Garrison: "Wm. Lloyd Garrison." After the War, Garrison made a long and highly successful trip to England and the Continent, where he was much greeted and feted for his abolitionist labors. According to Gernsheim, Elliott & Fry were well known portrait photographers. Cf. The History of Photography, p. 265.