Cabinet card portrait of Josephine Sampson seated in a wicker chair
date: label: Date
content: 1910s
name: label: Photograph by
content: C. Q. Brown's Art Studio, American
label: Subject of
content: Josephine Sampson, American
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone cabinet card of Josephine Sampson seated in a wicker chair. The photograph is in portrait orientation. Sampson is depicted from the waist up, at the center of the image, looking at the viewer. She is leaning against the proper left armrest of an ornate, white wicker chair. She is resting her proper left elbow on the armrest and her hand is draped over her proper left thigh. Her proper right forearm is resting in her lap. She is wearing a white blouse with puffy sleeves and a high collar and a full, white skirt. Two rows of stripes ribbons are woven horizontally through the blouse at chest level terminating on the proper left side at a silk flower embellishment. Her hair is arranged in a pompadour style with a bow perched on the top, proper left side of her head. Behind her is a cloudy photographic backdrop. The rectangular photograph is adhered a cream color, cardboard mount. The mount is embellished with several embossed rectangular frames around the photograph. The corners of the mount are rounded. Embossed text at the bottom center of the same reads [C.Q. Brown's / ART STUDIO.]. There are pinholes at the top and bottom center. The back of the mount is also cream colored. At the top center, handwritten in light brown ink is the name [Josephine Sampson / Clinton n 2-]. Handwritten below in dark brown ink is the text, [Josephenior[sic] Sampson / Cllinton[sic] / NWC]. Faded pencil text below at the center read [Mrs. Joseph[ine?]].
place: label: Place captured
content: Mount Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina, 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, Gift of James M. Baxter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.13.19
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 cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mounted): 5 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (13 × 8.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.4 × 5.8 cm)