| Creator |
Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer. |
| Title |
[African American youth playing banjo] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1886 |
| Date |
[ca. 1886] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : platinum ; sheet 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.) |
| Description |
Interior view depicting a seated African American boy singing and playing the banjo in a nicely furnished parlor. The boy,
attired in a white collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a dark-colored waistcoat, pants, and shoes, holds the banjo
on his lap and looks up and to the right with his mouth open. In the left, a broom is propped against a wooden chair. Behind
him is a closed door and a framed object hung on the wallpapered wall.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Frances Orlando's "George Bacon Wood, photographer of the 1880s: an introduction to the Wood Collection in the Library Company
of Philadelphia. (Master's thesis, Philadelphia College of Art, 1985), p. 42.
|
|
Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 1982. |
|
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.
|
| Biographical / historical note |
Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans,
at national and international exhibitions. His photographs won several prizes.
|
| Subject |
African American boys. |
|
African American musicians. |
|
Banjos. |
|
Dwellings -- United States. |
|
Interiors -- United States. |
|
Singing -- United States. |
| Genre |
Genre photographs -- 1880-1890. |
|
Platinum prints -- 1880-1890. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Wood [P.8743.188] |
| Accession number |
P.8743.188 |
