Photograph by

Lucius Harper, American, 1867 - 1920

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Date

ca. 1910

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 9/16 × 2 3/4 in. (9 × 7 cm)

H x W (Card): 6 × 4 5/16 in. (15.3 × 10.9 cm)

Description

This black and white photograph depicts a woman from the waist up. Wearing a pleated white blouse and a dark scarf wrapped around her neck, she gazes to the viewer's right. The oval image is surrounded by a white margin. The photograph is backed by grey cardboard with an embossed vine pattern. Underneath the image is a stamp in black ink that reads "Lucius Harper/ photographer/ Pictures enlarged - Art studio/ Galveston, Texas."

Place made

Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Topic

Photography

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2014.37.30.5

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd521795ab5-abcf-4340-9f55-7b8d913ec61f