Cabinet photograph of young woman
- Photograph by
- Roeder Bros., American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- ca. 1890
- Medium
- albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (13.9 x 9.6 cm)
- H x W (Mount): 6 3/8 x 4 1/8 in. (16.2 x 10.5 cm)
- Description
- A sepia tone albumen cabinet photograph of a young woman, by Roeder Brothers of Fort Sill, Arkansas. Captured in studio within a window backdrop, an unidentified woman with dark curly hair poses leaning on her proper right arm, gazing directly at the camera. She wears a ring in her proper left ear and on her proper left hand. She wears a fitted button-down bodice and dress and rests her face in her proper right hand. At the bottom of the photograph in brown ink is: [Roeder Bros., No. 515 Walnut Street, / FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.]. On the reverse of the card are various graphite inscriptions and ink printer’s marks. The marks, in brown ink, read: [Roeder Bros., / LE[illegible]D[illegible]G / Photographers / West Arkansas, / RAITS a specialty / of this photograph is preserved for / the smallest locket, or enlarged / to life size and finished / in Crayon, Ink or / Water Color.].
- Place captured
- Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American West
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.244.25
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.