Photographic print of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Photograph by
- Cryer, Terry, British, 1934 - 2017
- Subject of
- Tharpe, Sister Rosetta, American, 1915 - 1973
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 6 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (17.4 × 17.5 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 7 15/16 × 10 in. (20.2 × 25.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is wearing a black sirt and sitting. She is holding a guitar and looking up and to her right. A fur coat is on the left side of the image and white, patterned wall and darkened window are in the back ground. Handwritten vertically on the sheet to the left of the image is “LEEDS TOWN HALL 1957.” The back of the photograph is signed at center in black ink with “Terry Cryer / ©.”
- Place captured
- Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Gospel (Music)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Photography
- Rock and roll (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
- Object number
- 2014.98.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Terry Cryer Estate
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.