BLIND TOM - RARE CDV PHOTO PIANO PLAYER SAVANT AFRICAN AMERICAN 1860s BLACK MAN macabre 12” x 10” x 1

12” x 10” x 1

dings or corrosion

Sixth plate daguerreotype of an elderly man seated next to possibly a window or reflecting screen

Auction photo #3 is a photo shows the back cover of the book

This is a clear glass ambrotype with black velvet in the case to bring the image out

BLIND TOM - RARE CDV PHOTO PIANO PLAYER SAVANT AFRICAN AMERICAN 1860s BLACK MAN macabre 12” x 10” x 1Rare original CDV of "Blind Tom", with imprint of Hoag & Quick, Cincinnati. Thomas Bethune, also known as Tom Wiggins, AKA "Blind Tom (1849 1908) was born an autistic savant on the Georgia plantation of Jame Bethune. Early in his childhood Tom displayed the uncanny ability to mimic sounds. Listening to his master's children practicing the piano, Tom astounded his master by picking out the chords himself. By the age of six Tom was composing his own