PHOTOGRAPH: Original carte-de-visite photo with autograph sentiment and signature.
N.p. [Philadelphia?]:. (ca 1879). Original (vintage) albumen photograph, approx. 3.75" x 2.25" on slightly larger cardboard mount, unprinted and without photographer's back-stamp. Inscribed on verso: Truth for authority, no authority for truth. Lucretia Mott, in her 87th year 1879. Light rubbing and edgewear, Very Good.
A sharp image and a highly representative sentiment from late in life of the famed Quaker abolitionist, women's rights activist, and pacifist Lucretia Mott (1793-1880), who even in her 87th year was still clearly active in advancing the cause of peace and justice in Philadelphia.
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