Daguerreotype of Rhoda Phillips
- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Phillips, Rhoda, American, 1831 - 1906
- Date
- ca. 1850
- Medium
- silver amalgam, silver on copper photographic plates
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 2 x 2 1/2 in. (5.1 x 6.4 cm)
- Description
- A 1/9th plate daguerreotype portrait of Rhoda Phillips (1831-1906), a woman who was born enslaved and owned by the Clark-Gleaves family of Nashville, Tennessee, with whom she remained after emancipation. Phillips is seated in the image and wears a dress with a flower pattern, lace cuffs, and a lace collar. The case is contemporary and has a decorative gold metal frame and a red velvet lining.
- Place captured
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- daguerreotypes
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Photography
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.34
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.