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Pair of stars and stripes slippers attributed to Elizabeth Keckley
- Attributed to
- Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs, American, 1818 - 1907
- Owned by
- Welles, Gideon, American, 1802 - 1878
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Medium
- fiber , leather and thread
- Dimensions
- L x W: 10 1/4 × 3 in. (26 × 7.6 cm)
- Description
- A pair of men's boudoir slippers in a stars and stripes design attributed to Elizabeth Keckley. The slippers were likely commissioned by Mrs. Gideon Welles to be presented to her husband, Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under President Lincoln. The slippers are crocheted in stripes of red and white from the toe to the heel. Across the top of the vamp is a blue band embroidered with scattered white stars. The throat of the slippers is edged in a twisted blue and red cord. The slippers have a flat, leather sole and a squarish toe.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Type
- slippers
- Topic
- Business
- Clothing and dress
- Craftsmanship
- Free communities of color
- Politics
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.35.2.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Cabinet card of Mary Jane Hale Welles in a funeral dress by Elizabeth Keckley
- Photograph by
- Ulke, Henry, German-American, 1821 - 1910
- Subject of
- Welles, Mary Jane Hale, American, 1817 - 1886
- Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs, American, 1818 - 1907
- Date
- 1866
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.4 × 10.6 cm)
- Caption
- This portrait depicts Mary Jane Hale Welles, wife of Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, in a funeral dress. The dress is said to have been sewn and designed by Elizabeth Keckley for the funeral of her son Hubert Gideon Welles in 1862, and again worn by Welles at the funeral of President Lincoln in 1865.
- Description
- This is a cabinet card portrait of Mary Jane Hale Welles in a funeral dress, on a Henry Ulke mount that has a narrow black border. This full length portrait shows Mary Jane Hale Welles standing in a three quarters turn away from the camera. Wearing a dark colored full-length dress with a train and a dark colored lace shawl, she gazes directly at the viewer. Her right hand rests on a small side table next to her with two books stacked on it. The print is on a card mount with text on the reverse that reads "Henry Ulke, / 278 Pennsylvania Avenue. / Washington, D.C. / 1866."
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Craftsmanship
- Free communities of color
- Funeral customs and rites
- Motherhood
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.35.2.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite of Hubert Gideon Welles in outfit sewn by Elizabeth Keckley
- Photograph by
- Ulke, Henry, German-American, 1821 - 1910
- Subject of
- Welles, Hubert Gideon, American, 1858 - 1862
- Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs, American, 1818 - 1907
- Date
- 1862; printed 1865
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (9.5 × 5.7 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 4 1/8 × 2 3/8 in. (10.5 × 6.1 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of a young boy identified as Hubert Gideon Welles, dressed in an outfit said to be sewn by Elizabeth Keckley. The child wears a light colored blouse under a checked long sleeve jacket, fastened closed at the collar. On the bottom he wears a matching checked skirt with a wide solid color band towards the hem. The child stands next to an ornate wood chair, holding on to the chair back. On the reverse of the card is text that reads "HENRY ULKE, / 278 Pennsylvania Avenue, / Washington, D.C. / 1865."
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- portraits
- Topic
- Children
- Clothing and dress
- Craftsmanship
- Families
- Free communities of color
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.35.2.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain