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General R.A. Sherman – Historic Reproduction

General R.A. Sherman, [ca. 1895] — historic photograph
General R.A. Sherman, [ca. 1895]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of General R.A. Sherman. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Taken around 1895, this portrait shows General R.A. Sherman, and its record places him in Monrovia, the Liberian capital founded by the American Colonization Society and named for President James Monroe. The society sent free Black Americans and other emigrants to the West African coast from 1822, and Liberia declared independence in 1847, keeping its own government and military titles for decades afterward. Portraits like this one show how Monrovia's leaders presented themselves in the 1890s, just as European powers were drawing the colonial borders that would surround the young republic.

Created / published[ca. 1895]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesForms part of: American Colonization Society collection.
SubjectsGenerals--Liberia--Monrovia--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,305 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-204709

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