| Title |
[African American girl caregiver seated with a young white girl, probably her charge, on her lap] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1860 |
| Date |
[ca. 1860] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : tinted ambrotype ; plate 100 x 90 mm (quarter plate format) |
| Description |
Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an African American girl caregiver, possibly an enslaved girl, seated on
a wooden chair with spindles. Sitter has short hair and is attired in a long-sleeved dress made of patterned fabric with small
checks and an apron with white polka dots. She holds a white girl on her lap (probably her charge), with her right hand on
the girl’s chest and her left hand on the left side of the girl’s head. Their heads press together side-by-side. The blond-haired,
white girl, attired in a necklace, a short-sleeved, dark-colored, checked dress with a white petticoat, stockings, and black
shoes, faces the viewer and smiles. Her cheeks are tinted pink.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitters. |
|
Leather miniature case embossed with oval motif, contains nonpareil mat, and is missing front cover. |
|
Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, 1977. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
| Subject |
African American caregivers. |
|
African American girls. |
|
African American girls -- Clothing & dress. |
|
Girls -- United States. |
|
Enslaved girls -- United States. |
| Genre |
Ambrotypes -- 1860-1870. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1860-1870. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - unidentified [8326.F.17] |
| Accession number |
8326.F.17 |
