Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett by Scurlock
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1930
name: label: Photograph by
content: Addison N. Scurlock, American, 1883 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a black and white portrait of Etta Moten Barnett by the photographer Scurlock. Taken from the shoulders up, she is posed with her back to the camera. She turns and looks over her left shoulder, gazing directly at the viewer. She wears a dress or top with a back consisting of several wide straps radiating down from a beaded collar that dips low across her back. In the bottom left hand corner of the image is black vertical text that reads “SCURLOCK / WASH / DC.” The photograph is set in an off-white matting with a thin black line around the border of the image. Two-thirds of the way along the two sides and along the bottom is a second thin black line, and halfway up the sides and partway along the left and right sides of the bottom margins is a third black line framing the image. The image and its matting are bound into a black cardboard folder. The front cover is a matte black with large silver text in the upper center that reads “A / MODERN /PORTRAIT.” Along the left hand margin is a thick silver line next to a series of thin silver lines of decreasing height. The immediate next page is a blank silver paper embossed to resemble leather or lizard skin. This page covers the photograph itself. The back of the cover is matte black and blank.
place: label: Place captured
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Etta Moten Barnett Archive
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: A2022.13.1.41
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Addison N. Scurlock Estate
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 , ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 6 1/2 × 4 7/16 in. (16.5 × 11.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. (30 × 20 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (folder open): 12 1/16 × 16 5/16 in. (30.7 × 41.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (folder closed): 12 1/16 × 8 3/16 in. (30.7 × 20.8 cm)