Photograph taken by McPherson & Oliver, 1863
10 cm x 6.7 cm
Carte de visite printed and distributed by C. Seaver, Jun. (Boston, Mass.), circa 1863-1867
From the Dall-Healey family photographs
Photo. 69.202
Handwritten inscription on verso: "'The Peculiar Institution' Illustrated. / Copy of a photograph taken from life at Baton Rouge, La., recently, the lacerated body-months after the brutal flogging had been inflicted-having healed in the manner represented. The alleged offense was a trifling one. How noble and benignant the countenance of the victim!"