ALS, 1906 February 11 : Martiques, France, to Mr. Morris.

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ALS, 1906 February 11 : Martiques, France, to Mr. Morris.

The Black American artist writes a picture of his will be shipped shortly "after the close of the Academy Exhibition." He asks if "there was any chance of sale of 'Christ in Temple.'"

1 p. ; 23 x 14.5 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6921248

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937

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African American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Benjamin Tucker Tanner, a college-educated teacher and minister, and Sarah Miller Tanner, a former slave. Benjamin Tanner was very active in the African Methodist Episcopal (A. M. E.) Church, eventually becoming a bishop, and the family often moved while Henry was a small child. They settled in Philadelphia, and as a teenager, Tanner spent his free time painting, drawing, and...