JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 250986
Price: $1,700.00
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. Scarce Cabinet Card Photograph signed:
"Faithfully yours:/Joel Chandler Harris". Sepia, 4¼x6½ overall, image 4x5¾ (two
surfaces). Photographer's imprint beneath image and on verso: "C.W.
Motes/Photographer,/No. 34 Whitehall St./Atlanta/GA." In the 1880s, Harris, a former
journalist for Georgia newspapers, became one of the first American writers to use original
dialects in his stories rooted in Black folklore. His lead character was Uncle Remus, a
servant who entertains the young son of his master with tales of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox
and Brer Bear, animals with distinctly human qualities. His books, which are credited with
preserving the African-American heritage of the old South, include Uncle Remus, His Songs and
His Sayings (1880), Nights with Uncle Remus (1883) and Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
(1906). Fragile condition. The photo had split, touching the "d" in Chandler. It is repaired by
conservator's tape on verso. Stained on verso. Upper corners chipped, edges worn. Pencil
notes on verso (unknown hand).
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