Edward J. Roye, three-quarter length portrait, standing, with hand raised, Historic Print

Drawn from the Library of Congress archive, this print depicts Edward J. Roye, three-quarter length portrait, standing, with hand raised. The Library holds one of the most comprehensive collections of American and international historical prints in the world.

Library of Congress record: Created between 1856 and 1860 Photographer unidentified. Written on back of plate: Ed. J. Roye, Senator from Montserrado Co. Was part of LOT 8554. Transfer; Manuscript Division. American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress). Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gathering history: the Marian S. Carson collection of Americana. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1999, p. 98. The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle Afro-Americans in Liberia. A durable memento: Portraits by Augustus Washington, African American daguerreotypist. American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Portraits of a People: Picturing.

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