Sale of a female slave

Reproduction of a Gerome's painting showing a protective purchaser testing the soundness of a female slave's health.

Publication date: 1937-10-24

Size: 14.8 x 10.1 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Examinations--1850-1900
• Slave trade--1850-1900
• Slaves--1850-1900
• Women--1850-1900

Genre(s):

• Paintings
• Reproductions

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 24, 1937), p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904