Bob and His Fiddle
- Photograph by
- Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1876-1888
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 3 15/16 × 7 in. (10 × 17.8 cm)
- H x W (image (each)): 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (9.5 × 16.5 cm)
- Description
- A stereograph titled "Bob and His Fiddle" printed and photographed by O. Pierre Havens of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depict a boy identified in the image title as Bob holding a homemade fiddle while seated outside a small log building. He wears a white shirt, dark vest, dark pants, and no shoes. His hat is lying on the ground by his left foot. He looks down at the fiddle held in his left hand and propped on his left shoulder, while holding a bow made from string and a bent stick in his right hand over the strings of the fiddle. The title is blurred and printed in the bottom left corner on the right facing print. The prints are mounted on card stock that is orange on the front and light pink on the reverse. Black text printed on the reverse lists the photographer's name and address.
- Place printed
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
2 image(s)