Abolitionist REV TW LEWIS Rare 1860s CDV Photo Freed Slave Missionary Methodist memento mori Illinois) and Elizabeth Lavina “Lizzie”

Illinois) and Elizabeth Lavina “Lizzie” Sutcliffe

Original tintype of a young man in masonic regalia

On the back is the original studio card for Robert Armstrong

There is tarnish

but my pic is a good representation of what you will receive

Abolitionist REV TW LEWIS Rare 1860s CDV Photo Freed Slave Missionary Methodist memento mori Illinois) and Elizabeth Lavina “Lizzie”Original early 1860s CDV of Reverend Timothy Willard Lewis (1825 1871), by Black & Case, Boston. Lewis was a missionary to freed black slaves, and during the Reconstruction Era in South Carolina established the Charleston Advocate, a newspaper intended for an African American audience. Portrait taken by Black shortly before he departed to South Carolina in 1862. 4" x 2. 5". Very good antique condition.. very tiny bit of liftin of the image in the