Photograph of a baby sitting in a chair
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Owned by
- Hattie Durr Whiddon Graham, American, 1873 - 1950
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (card): 3 1/2 x 3 in. (8.9 x 7.6 cm)
- H x W (image): 1 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (3.8 x 4.1 cm)
- Description
- A sepia toned cartes-de-visite photograph of a baby dressed in white clothing. The baby is sitting on a floral patterned chair and looking at the camera. The photograph is in a cream colored card with two lines bordering the picture. The inner line is thin while the outer line is much thicker. There are no inscriptions on the front or back.
- Collection title
- Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham Collection of Family Photographs
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Families
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Don L. Durrah and D. Simone Durrah Logan in memory of Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham (1873-1950); Christopher Columbus Wayman Whiddon (1894-1973); Lina Irene Jordan Whiddon (1897-1983)
- Object number
- 2014.61.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.