Engraved portrait of five members of Reconstruction Congresses

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An engraved portrait of five African American legislators from Reconstruction Congresses. Five head portraits are depicted in a staggered arrangement of decorative oval frames. From top left to right are: Mississippian Hiram R. Revels; Alabaman James T. Rapier; Mississippian Blanche K. Bruce; South Carolinian Joseph H. Rainey; and Mississippian John R. Lynch. At the bottom of the engraving in faded black ink is: [ENGRAVED BY W. WELLSTOOD & CO. NY.]. There are no markings on the reverse.

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