Ambrotype of Ann Hurst Copeland in an embossed leather case
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Ann Hurst Copeland, American, born 1843
notes: label: Description
content: This black-and-white photograph is a portrait of a woman named Ann Hurst Copeland seated in a chair with her left elbow propped on a table. She wears a dark-colored striped silk dress with large bell sleeves and a rounded white collar. Her cheeks are hand-tinted pink and a brooch at her neck and a ring on her right hand have been gilded gold. The photograph is housed in a metal frame and inside a burgundy velvet-lined black wooden case with an embossed leather cover. The photograph (a) and lid (b) portions of the case have become completely detached. The case closes with a hook on the right side.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Free communities of color
label: Topic
content: Photography
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
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: 2014.174.7.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: ambrotypes
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, velvet, wood, leather, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 3 3/4 × 3 3/16 × 3/8 in. (9.5 × 8.1 × 1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 3 3/4 × 3 3/16 × 1/4 in. (9.5 × 8.1 × 0.6 cm)