I'm looking for a photo of Bacon Tait (1796-1871), a Richmond slave trader 
and jail owner. As wealthy as he was, it's hard to believe no photo exists, 
but I've tried everyplace I can think: the Library of Virginia, the Virginia 
Historial Society, the Valentine Museum, online. Any ideas?

Even unidentified photos might be helpful if they show a whole family, 
because I know the age of his children and there was a set of twins, and I 
have a photo of his first cousin and descriptions of the appearance of two 
of the children, so they might be identifiable if they were all in an 
unidentified picture.

An alternative possibility would be an image of his slave jail at the 
southeast corner of 15th and Cary streets (where Buffalo Wildwings is now), 
but again, I've combed through images of Richmond without success. I think 
it survived the evacuation fire, so post-fire pictures would show it, but no 
luck.

I've just finished a biography of him and I know the publisher will ask for 
a suggestion for the cover, and right now I've got no ideas but generic 
things. Any ideas on where else to look for a photo of either him or his 
jail would be very helpful!

Hank Trent
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