- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- mid to late 19th century
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 6 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (17.5 x 12.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph studio portrait of a Black woman standing behind two white children sitting on an ornate rattan chair. The photograph is mounted to a brown backing board and is cracked and stained through the center of the image diagonally. A studio backdrop with a column is partially visible through the staining. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Place collected
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Topic
- Children
- Domestic life
- Labor
- Photography
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.116
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




