Maid De'ah

Gelatin silver print. Photograph of a black maid and a young girl playing with toy bricks. A note on the back of the print states: ‘Maid De’ah – mother was a slave, she joined the Musson family aged 14 yrs Miss Gabriel Frances Musson’.

Object Details

ID: ZBA2635
Collection: Historic Photographs; Special collections
Type: Photograph
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1900
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements: Sheet: 278 mm x 224 mm; Mount: 420 mm x 298 mm
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