Photograph by
Julius Hebbel Studio, American, 1870s - 1918
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Date
1900-1918
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on cardboard
Dimensions
H x W (Mounted): 7 5/16 × 5 1/8 in. (18.5 × 13 cm)
H x W (Image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.8 cm)
Description
A sepia tone cabinet card of a standing man posing with two chairs. The photograph is in portrait orientation. The unidentified man is depicted in full length. He is standing and facing the viewer with a serious expression on his face. He is holding the back of a wicker corner chair with his proper right hand and his proper left fist is resting akimbo on his hip. He is wearing a dark, buttoned up suit, a white dress shirt with rounded points, and a medium tone tie. The mustached man also has small, round, wired rim glasses on his face, and a white pocket square tucked into his proper left breast pocket. On the right is a tall, white chair with its back carved into a fleur-de-lis shape. The man is standing in front of a photographic backdrop. The backdrop is painted with a bucolic landscape that includes a church, a scenic river with a stone bridge, and a house. The rectangular photograph is adhered to a rectangular shaped cardboard mount. The primarily dark mount features a light tone band around the photograph as well as two additional embossed bands. There are small losses at the top left and right corners and a large loss in the bottom right corner. There are also small loses along the left and right edges. Printed gold script at the bottom center reads [[---?]ebbel Baltimore] with a flourish underneath each word. Between the two words is a gold stamp design of a painter’s palette with three brushes and the text [EXTRA / FINISH]. The back of the mount is gray and plain. Handwritten along the top left edge in pencil is the text [11748].
Place captured
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
cabinet photographs
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Topic
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of James M. Baxter
Object number
2021.13.2
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51f820f31-2ab3-4555-a4cc-4cbb6b5fb0d1

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