Carte-de-visite portrait of a young woman
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
name: label: Photograph by
content: J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Photograph by
content: James Presley Ball, American, 1825 - 1904
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone carte-de-visite of a young woman, captured at the Ball & Thomas Photographic Art Gallery in Cincinnati, OH. Standing in front of an elaborate outdoor backdrop, a dark-haired woman poses before the camera, slightly smiling, dressed in a floor length checkered dress with her hair styled in a chignon. She holds a feathered dark hat in her proper left hand, with her proper right hand resting on the high back of an ornate wooden chair. The front of the chair, which faces the camera, features a patterned fabric seat, scroll and floral carvings, and an oval painting of a man and child on the chair’s back.
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the cabinet card, at the top, are numerical inscriptions in graphite. In the middle of the card in black type is the photographer’s studio information: [FROM / BALL & THOMAS / Photographic / ART GALLERY, / 120 West Fourth Street, near race, / CINCINNATI, O.].
place: label: Place captured
content: Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
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: 2020.10.2
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen prints
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: albumen on wove paper and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 11/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.3 × 5.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.1 × 6.3 cm)