[Jane Roberts, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, full face]

Wife of President of Liberia, Joseph Jenkins Roberts.
Case: back only, diamond in geometric design.
Was part of LOT 8554.
Label taped on back of case: Mrs. Prest. Roberts.
This is a copy daguerreotype. Anson was not known to have operated a daguerreotype studio when President and Mrs. Roberts visited the United States. The original daguerreotype is attributed to Augustus Washington. See similar backdrop in DAG no. 1029.
Transfer; Manuscript Division.
Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress).
Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle Afro-Americans in Liberia.