- Photograph by
- Wright, C. C., American, active 1880s
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- ca. 1885
- Medium
- albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 6 x 4 in. (15.3 x 10.2 cm)
- H x W (Mount): 6 9/16 x 4 5/16 in. (16.6 x 10.9 cm)
- Description
- An albumen print cabinet card photograph of a young man posing with a hat. Captured in studio against a bright backdrop, a dark-haired man stands with a hat balanced on his proper right arm. He wears a dark jacket, vest, trousers, and shoes, with a white long sleeve shirt and dotted necktie. The chain to a pocket watch hangs from a buttonhole on his vest. He wears a ring on his fourth proper left finger. A fringe embellished chair or stool is visible though faded on the right of the photograph.
- The reverse of the card is decorated with an ornametnal art nouveau print and border with the photographer's mark: [C. C. WRIGHT, / Photographer, / CHEYENNE, / W. TER / The Negative from which this picture / was printed will be preserved one / month only. / Duplicates will be furnished at reduced / rates, if ordered at once.].
- Place captured
- Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.244.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.