Ambrotype of Frederick Douglass
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Ambrotype of Frederick Douglass

Unidentified · 1855-1865

collodion and silver on glass photographic plates with leather and velvet
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A black-and-white photograph of Frederick Douglass wearing a jacket, waistcoat, and bowtie. The wet plate ambrotype plates are housed in a folding leather case with tooled gilt oval mat and red velvet lining.

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