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[Unidentified African American woman] [graphic] / J. Fenton's photograph, ambrotype, ferrotype and photo miniature gallery, No. 729 South St., below 8th, north side, Philadelphia. N.B. Formerly of Ninth & Market Streets.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A66700
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Creator
Fenton, J., photographer.
Title
[Unidentified African American woman] [graphic] / J. Fenton's photograph, ambrotype, ferrotype and photo miniature gallery, No. 729 South St., below 8th, north side, Philadelphia. N.B. Formerly of Ninth & Market Streets.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1867
Date
[ca. 1867]
Physical Description
1 photograph : tintype ; sheet 9 x 7 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in.)
Description
Near full-length portrait showing an African American woman attired in a narrow-brimmed, high-domed, ornamented bonnet; dark-colored, button-down shirt waist; and white skirt with ruching at the hips. A broach with a four-leaf clover detail adorns her collar. She stands between a post to her right and a stringy, hay bale-like prop to her left. She rests her left hand on the prop and holds a parasol perpendicular to the floor in her right. A photographer's head clamp is positioned to the left of the post and a backdrop illustrated with an outdoor setting is visible in the background. The studio is partially visible in the left of the image.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Accompanied by detached photographer's label (P.2017.14.4b).
Date inferred from "N.B." on photographer's label.
Description and access points reviewed 2022.
Subject
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Portraits.
African American women -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Backdrops.
Studio props.
Genre
Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870.
Tintypes -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| tintypes - photographer - Fenton [P.2017.14.4a&b]
Accession number
P.2017.14.4a&b
In Collections
African American History Photographs
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