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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b12f56c6-a2bc-4e9d-bd8f-b21ec57d1eb1

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