Cabinet photograph of a woman
- Photograph by
- Cook, Christopher C., American, born 1846
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- ca. 1885
- Medium
- silver chloride and photographic gelatin on printing-out paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. (13.6 x 9.8 cm)
- H x W (Mount): 6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in. (16.4 x 10.7 cm)
- Description
- A gelatin silver chloride printing-out paper print on cabinet card of an unidentified woman posed for a studio portrait. Captured in studio with a veranda and nature themed backdrop, a dark-haired woman wears a floor length plaid dress with narrow bodice, and a dark, fitted, long sleeve coat. Her proper left hand rests on an ornate column prop and she stands on a fibrous rug-like object. At the bottom of the photograph card, from left to right in brown in is: [FORT SMITH,C. C. Cook,ARKANSAS.]. There are serveral numerical inscriptions on the reverse of the cabinet card.
- Place captured
- Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American West
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.244.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.