- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Channing, William Henry, American, 1810 - 1884
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1862-1865
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 13/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9.7 × 5.7 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.8 × 6.2 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of William Henry Channing shown in full profile. He is standing in a carpeted room with a floral drapery at the right side of the image. Channing faces the camera with his arms crossed in front of his chest and his head a quarter turn to his right looking off camera. He is slightly balding and has a beard. His cheeks are tinted pink. Channing wears a black clergyman's robe over a suit.
- 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 "Wm. H. Channing 1864".
- 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
- Christianity
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Religion
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




