- Photograph by
- Hartmann, Hippolyte, Martiniquan, active 1850s - 1880s
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Medium
- albumen on wove paper and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.2 × 5.6 cm)
- H x W (card): 3 11/16 × 2 3/8 in. (9.4 × 6.1 cm)
- Description
- A sepia tone carte-de-visite of a woman posed at a small chair. Captured in front of a plain wall, a young woman wearing traditional Creole dress including an elaborate head wrap, large earrings, and beaded necklace, stands looking directly at the camera. Her proper left hand is hidden at her waist among her highly patterned skirt. Her proper right hand rests on a fringed chair in front of her.
- On the reverse of the carte-de-visite in dark ink is the photographer’s imprint - featuring an elaborate coat of arms with three stars and color-block. Above and below the coat of arms is: [PHOTOGRAPHIE D’OUTRE-MER / HARTMANN / ST PIERRE / MARTINIQUE].
- Place captured
- Saint Pierre, Martinique, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Colonialism
- Domestic life
- Fashion
- French colonialism
- Photography
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
- Object number
- 2020.10.7.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




