Ambrotype of Frederick Douglass
date: label: Date
content: 1855-1865
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Frederick Douglass wearing a jacket, waistcoat, and bowtie. The wet plate ambrotype plates are housed in a folding leather case with tooled gilt oval mat and red velvet lining.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Anti-slavery movements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.36.10ab
objectType: label: Type
content: ambrotypes
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: collodion and silver on glass photographic plates with leather and velvet
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 4 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. (12.1 x 9.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Case open: 4 3/4 x 7 11/16 x 1/2 in. (12.1 x 19.5 x 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Case closed: 4 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 3/4 in. (12.1 x 9.8 x 1.9 cm)