Carte-de-visite of Caesar Jones
date: label: Date
content: 1865
name: label: Photograph by
content: Carl Casper Giers, German American, 1828 - 1877
label: Subject of
content: Caesar Jones
notes: label: Description
content: A carte-de-visite with an albumen print of Caesar Jones, Esq. Jones is seated and shown above the knee, with his right elbow resting on a table and holding a cane or walking stick in his left hand. He is wearing a three-piece suit and a bowtie. His name is handwritten in black ink along the bottom of the mount. The photographer's name and address are printed at the center verso. A three (3) cent green revenue stamp is adhered in the upper right verso corner and is partially torn. The day 18 of an illegible month in 1865 is stamped in black ink over the green revenue stamp.
place: label: Place printed
content: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.166.35.2
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen and silver on paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 7/16 × 2 3/16 in. (8.7 × 5.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 3 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (10 × 6 cm)