- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Copeland, Ann Hurst, American, born 1843
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Medium
- collodion and silver on glass photographic plates, velvet, wood, leather, and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a): 3 3/4 × 3 3/16 × 3/8 in. (9.5 × 8.1 × 1 cm)
- H x W x D (b): 3 3/4 × 3 3/16 × 1/4 in. (9.5 × 8.1 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- This black-and-white photograph is a portrait of a woman named Ann Hurst Copeland seated in a chair with her left elbow propped on a table. She wears a dark-colored striped silk dress with large bell sleeves and a rounded white collar. Her cheeks are hand-tinted pink and a brooch at her neck and a ring on her right hand have been gilded gold. The photograph is housed in a metal frame and inside a burgundy velvet-lined black wooden case with an embossed leather cover. The photograph (a) and lid (b) portions of the case have become completely detached. The case closes with a hook on the right side.
- Place depicted
- Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- ambrotypes
- portraits
- Topic
- Families
- Free communities of color
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.174.7.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.