Cabinet card photograph of Matt Gray
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
name: label: Photograph by
content: Richards Photography, American
label: Subject of
content: Matt Gray, American, 1873 - 1922
label: Owned by
content: Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white cabinet card of Matt Gray by Richards in Winchester, Tennessee. The full-length portrait captures Gray sitting in a chair, facing forward, with his legs crossed and a hat resting on his proper left knee. He is wearing pattered pants with a dark color jacket and vest over a light color shirt and tie. There is a chain between his jacket and vest. There is botanical imagery on the left side of the background. The photograph has a rectangular mat frame and backing with rounded corners. Printed along the bottom margin [Richards / WINCHETER, / TENN]. On the back, at the top center is the sitter’s name handwritten in pencil [Matt Gray].
place: label: Place captured
content: Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee, 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: 2011.36.83
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: gelatin silver 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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount with graphite
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)