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    Carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Ann Donaldson

    Photograph by
    Ulke, Julius, German-American, 1833 - 1910
    Subject of
    Donaldson, Mary Ann, American, 1798 - 1881
    Owned by
    Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
    Date
    1875
    Medium
    albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 3 7/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.9 × 5.5 cm)
    H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)
    Description
    Carte-de-visite of Mary Ann Donaldson shown in half portrait. She is turned one quarter to her left and looks off frame. Her hair is parted at the center and smoothed down to just above her ears where it is curled in ringlets. She wears a white lace cap with lace tails and black rosettes at the ears on the back part of her head. She has on a dark colored bodice and a white lace collar. Printed below the image is the text "JULIUS ULKE, WASH., D.C.".
    There is a mark for Julius Ulke on the back of the photograph.
    The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite on the album page below the printed frame of the window is the text "Miss Donaldson of Washington."
    Place made
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Emily Howland Photograph Album
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    cartes-de-visite
    albumen prints
    portraits
    Topic
    Antislavery
    Education
    Photography
    Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
    U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
    Credit Line
    Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
    Object number
    2017.30.41
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59a95e7ef-09f2-4e36-be6f-7a0e49d755fd
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