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Title: Portrait of Antoine DeSant Accession Number: 1992.119.1 Category: PHOTOGRAPHS - TINTYPES Type: tintype Maker: Bolles & Frisbie Place: USA, CT, New London Date: Materials: metal Description: Tintype; framed in 1992.119.2 with Bolles & Frisbie mat; tinted portrait of black man, Antoine DeSant (c. 1815-1886) who went on whaling voyages out of New London in 1830's, probably aboard whale ship TUSCARORA (Antonio De Santo in crew list); later became a grocer in New London, Connecticut; possibly from Cape Verde Islands. |
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