<I>Pre-Baptismal Prayer</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1997
name: label: Photograph by
content: Kenneth Royster, American, born 1944
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph by Kenneth Royster titled “Pre-Baptismal Prayer”. The image shows three (3) individuals standing waist-deep in water. The figures are wearing loose white garments, including one baptismal robe. They are turned to the center of the image, with each person only partially visible. They have their arms raised in prayer. The edge of the negative is partially visible around the image. There are numerical inscriptions on the reverse.
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Prayer
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Religious rituals and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Praise
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 Kenneth Royster in honor of Prof. Samuel L. Green
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.41.18
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kenneth Royster
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)