Cabinet Card of Sojourner Truth - Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth. Per the National Museum of African American History and Culture: Cabinet card depicting Sojourner Truth seated, wearing a dark dress and a white shawl and cap. Her right arm is folded at the waist, her left arm is resting on a small table. She holds knitting in her left hand. On the table are a book and a vase of flowers. Beneath her image is a printed caption that reads "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance / Sojourner Truth."[1] On the back in the center is a block of printed text that reads "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by SOJOURNER TRUTH, in the clerk's office, of the U.S. District Court, for the Eastern District of Michigan." [Under that is written: "Purchased of Sojourner Truth / Apr 24th 1870 / Washington, D.C. / by J.P.R.[?]"]

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 5 1/2 x 4 in. (14 x 10.2 cm)

H x W (card): 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)