Carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth
date: label: Date
content: 1863
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Sojourner Truth, American, 1797 - 1883
label: Subject of
content: James Caldwell, American, ca. 1844 - unknown
label: Subject of
content: 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, American, 1863 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: A carte-de-visite portrait of Sojourner Truth, showing the subject seated with a daguerreotype of her grandson, James Caldwell of Co. H, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, on her lap. Truth wears a dot print dress, striped jacket, dark-colored apron, a light-colored shawl over her shoulders, and a light-colored cap. She looks straight at the camera. Her proper right hand sits at her waist and her proper left hand appears to point at the daguerrotype lying open on her lap. There are no inscriptions on the front. On the back is the inscription [Sojourner Truth] and an identification number.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
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: 2012.46.11
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen 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: albumen and silver nitrate on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mount): 4 x 2 1/2 in. (10.2 x 6.4 cm)