Cabinet Card Photograph of William Henry Sheppard

by William Henry Sheppard

$2,500 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

Birmingham, Alabama: A.S. Proctor, circa 1894 . A scarce cabinet card photograph of William Henry Sheppard 1865-1927 , one of the earliest known Afro-American collectors of African art Harold Cureau . Very good. Item #56330 An important figure, Sheppard developed his interest in art during his extensive time spent in the Congo as one of the earliest Black American missionaries to Africa where he was part of the

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