Details
Creator Withers, William C., photographer.
Title [Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified African American woman] [graphic] / Withers, 814 Chestnut St. Phila.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1910
Date [ca. 1910]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver mounted on cardboard ; mount 36 x 28 cm (13.75 x 10.75 in.)
Description Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified, young African American woman facing forward. She wears her hair parted to the left and pulled back over her ears and tied behind her head in a bun. She is attired in spectacles, a dark-colored, long-sleeved, satin dress with a lace collar and cuffs, and a locket. She sits on a wooden chair with her left arm draped over the arm rest and her right hand on her lap.
Notes Photographer's imprint stamped on mount.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Portrait photographs -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *portrait photographs - unidentified sitter [P.9957.9]
Accession number P.9957.9