Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Owned by
Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
Date
ca. 1865
Medium
albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9.4 × 5.5 cm)
H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.3 cm)
Description
Carte-de-visite of Miss Thiele shown in half portrait. Her body is facing the camera, but her head is turned one quarter to her left and she looks off camera. Her hair is gathered at the back of her head and hanging down in large ringlets. She wears a dark colored bodice with a ruffled white lace collar and a white ruffled ribbon at her front neck. A chatelaine is pinned at her front neck with a watch visible and a longer chain hanging down with an object at the end that is out of frame.
The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Miss Thiele".
Place used
United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Photographs and Still Images
Type
cartes-de-visite
albumen prints
portraits
Topic
Antislavery
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
Object number
2017.30.10
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55ea3204a-2a3b-4904-a982-f636f54c4eab

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