Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Portrait of an African American woman wearing plaid dress].
Call Number
HSV/South 15/GC137/Box 02/Early Photography GA 2021.00011
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc3197z082w
Publisher
[1800s]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1800
Extent
1 photograph : ambrotype, hand coloring ; in case 7.3 x 6 x 1.3 cm.
Provenance
Princeton copy 1: Case has attached label inscribed, "Mr. Scroggins, Portsmouth Va., Box 1036," crossed out to read "601" and stamped "ADVERTISED" by the dead-letter office.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Princeton copy 1: Photograph in case with ornate gold-tone frame.
Depiction: Seated African American woman wearing plaid dress, earrings, brooch and ring, hands crossed on lap and gazing out at viewer.
Unknown artist.
ACCESS: By permission of curator only. This fragile material is light sensitive. A complete index to the album and digital images are available.

Discovery Information

Subject
African American women—19th century—Portraits
Women, Black—United States—19th century—Portraits
Portraits—19th century
Portraits

Physical Characteristics

File Count
3

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f38ce983-afa5-458e-8ea1-ed672efb617a/manifest