<I>Before the Blessing</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 1994
name: label: Photograph by
content: John H. White, American, born 1945
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photographic print of an adult's hand resting on a childs chest before prayer. The child is wearing a head scarf, dark-colored robe and collared shirt and is looking away from the camera. A man's hand is on the child's chest just below the chin. A child in the background is making eye contact with the camera. On the back of the photograph, the lower right corner reads [BEFORE THE BLESSING/ John H. White / July 1994]. The bottom left corner reads [PHOTOGRAPH BY / JOHN H. WHITE / COPYRIGHTED].
place: label: Place collected
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Prayer
label: Topic
content: Religion
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, Gift of John H. White/Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.118.28
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © John H. White
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): 16 × 10 1/2 in. (40.6 × 26.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mount): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)