Photograph by
Galbraith, Robert, American, 1919 - 2015
Printed by
Bakht, Igor, born 1928
Subject of
Coley, Mary Francis Hill, American, 1900 - 1966
Sapp, Martha Butler, American, 1932 - 2003
Date
1952; printed 2005
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 14 1/2 x 19 in. (36.8 x 48.3 cm)
H x W (Image and Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Description
Black and white image of Martha Sapp holding a baby, both lying in bed. Sapp lays in a bed, covered in blankets and sheets, smiling, open-mouthed. Her proper right hand holds the proper left hand of her child. Her head rest on a pillow. She and the baby take up most of the image, diagonally, from the upper left to the lower right. the baby lays eyes closed and hands raised to its face. The child is wrapped in a striped, plaid blanket.
Place depicted
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Portfolio/Series
Reclaiming Midwives: Stills from All My Babies
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Black Enterprise
Children
Families
Health
Labor
Medicine
Midwifery
Motherhood
Photography
Rural life
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert Galbraith
Object number
2009.1.19
Restrictions & Rights
© 1987 Robert Galbraith
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ffa1c1e2-9c5b-49bc-b4c4-06e8329f016e

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