Cased ambrotype of seated man
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1854-1880s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: Miniature painted portrait of seated man wearing white pants and shirt with dark vest, jacket, and bow tie. His right hand rests on his right leg. Portrait is enclosed in resin case with designs on front and back. The image is slightly hand-colored with pink at the face and hands. The portrait is in a worn gold embossed mat and frame. There are two latches on the right of the case. There is a embossed velvet opposite the portrait inside the case. The varnish on the back of the the glass is cracking, causing the image to appear cracked and flaking.
place: label: Place collected
content: 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, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.114
objectType: label: Type
content: ambrotypes
label: Type
content: cased photographs
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: collodion and silver on glass photographic plates with metal , velvet , wood
label: Dimensions
content: Case open: 4 3/4 × 7 5/8 × 1/4 in. (12.1 × 19.4 × 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Case closed: 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 1/2 in. (12.1 × 9.5 × 1.3 cm)