- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Desiré, Jean Jacques, born 1779
- Date
- July 10, 1862
- Medium
- albumen on wove paper and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 9/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.1 × 5.9 cm)
- H x W (card): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6 cm)
- Description
- A sepia tone carte-de-visite of barber Jean Jacques Desiré. Captured in front of a curtained wall and column, Jean Jacques Desiré, white-haired, stands looking directly at the camera with his proper left hand resting on a wooden spindle back chair. He wears a long dark collared jacket, bowtie, white shirt, dark trousers and shoes.
- On the reverse of the carte-de-visite are graphite and ink inscriptions. The primary inscription, written by the Baltimore, Maryland merchant Henry Schroeder Taylor, reads: [Jean Jacques Desiré was born Jany. 1st 1779 in Hayti [sic] - he came to the United States when 13 years old, and has been a barber in Baltimore since 1800. He shaved my father the day he was married, and after powdered my grandfather's hair (Henry Schroeder), and arranged his cue - He has been married twice, and has had 19 children, the youngest of whom is now 5 years old - Picture taken July 10th 1862. / H.S.T.].
- Place captured
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Barbershops
- Immigration
- Men
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2020.10.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




