Details
Creator Withers, William C., photographer.
Title [Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified African American woman] [graphic] / Withers, 23 South 8th St. Phila.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date [ca. 1910]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver mounted on cardboard ; mount 35 x 31 cm (14 x 12 in.)
Description Three-quarter length portrait of a young African American woman. The woman, wearing her hair tied back and attired in a brimmed hat, spectacles, hoop earrings, a ring, a collared shirt, a thin bowtie, a suit jacket with lace on the lapels, and a matching skirt, sits on a wooden chair and looks at the viewer. She rests her hands together on her lap with her right elbow on the armrest and sits with her legs crossed.
Notes Photographer's imprint stamped on mount.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from the attire of the sitter.
Purchase 2001.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Portraits.
Women.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Portrait photographs -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *portrait photographs - unidentified sitter [P.9930.6]
Accession number P.9930.6