[African American youth playing banjo]
Wood, George Bacon
1832-1909
photographer
still image
Graphic
Genre photographs -- 1880-1890
Platinum prints -- 1880-1890
pau
Philadelphia]
PA. Philadelphia
[ca. 1886]
1886
monographic
eng
1 photograph : platinum ; sheet 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.)
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.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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.
Forms part of: George Bacon Wood Photograph Collection.
African American boys
African American musicians
Banjos
Dwellings
United States
Interiors
United States
Singing
United States
P.8743.188
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
photo - Wood [P.8743.188]
aacr
dcrmg
ppl
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