- Photograph by
- Taylor & Wrye, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- ca. 1898
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)
- Description
- A cabinet card photograph of Mrs. Houston taken by Taylor and Wyre in Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Houston’s portrait captures her from the chest up, fading out from below her chest. She is wearing a pattered, almost zebra-like, dress with a bow-tie neckline, her hair back, and small dangling earrings. At the bottom margin is printed text about the photography studio [Taylor & Wrye, / Broad and Vine Streets, / Nashville, Tennessee.]. On the back, the sitter's name written at top in pencil [Mrs. Houston.].
- Place depicted
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Photography
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.36.103
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




