Howe, Julia Ward. (1819-1910) Signed PhotographSigned photograph of the prominent American abolitionist, social activist, poet, and the author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Howe is shown as an older woman in a lace dress and veil, and has signed on the mount below the image on the photographer's mount. Photographed in 1902 by J. E. Purdy of Boston, with the photographer's mark in the lower right corner and on the mount. 6 x 8 inches. Block of toning from a prior matting around the center of