Carte-de-visite portrait of Sojourner Truth
- Created by
- Truth, Sojourner, American, 1797 - 1883
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Truth, Sojourner, American, 1797 - 1883
- Date
- 1864
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper with cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.4 cm)
- Description
- A carte-de-visite bust-length portrait of Sojourner Truth with the text [I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance./Sojourner Truth.] beneath the image. Truth is depicted wearing a light colored shawl and bonnet which is tied under her chin. She is slightly turned towards the proper right side of the photograph.
- The verso reads [Entered according to the act of Congress/in the year 1864, by SOJOURNER TRUTH,/in the Clerk's Office, of the US District/Court for the Eastern District of Mich.].
- There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Place captured
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Identity
- Justice
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.17.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.