Cabinet card of an unidentified woman
date: label: Date
content: 1888-1891
name: label: Photograph by
content: Cramer & King Photographers, American, 1888 - 1891
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Caption
content: The sitter for this portrait is possibly Sarah Allston Robinson (1870-1949), sister of Ida Allston Brown pictured in a similar portrait by Cramer & King (2019.31.16). Sarah Allston married Foster M. Robinson in 1888, about the same time this portrait was captured.
label: Description
content: This cabinet card has a photograph of an unidentified woman looking to her right. She wears a bodice with puffed sleeves and a dark ruffled lace collar. A cartouche and banner with the text "ART STUDIO" inside the banner is printed on the bottom of the card mount. Beneath it is the text "CRAMER & KING / NEW HAVEN, CONN." Printed on the reverse of the mount is a design of a winged cherub on the right taking a photograph of a woman in Classical style dress who sits on the left. Text in the upper right reads "PHOTOGRAPHERS / CRAMER & KING / 818 CHAPEL STREET / NEW HAVEN / CONN / SOLAR ENLARGEMENTS / DUPLICATES / CAN BE HAD / AT ANY TIME."
place: label: Place made
content: New Haven, Connecticut, 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: Collection title
content: Photograph album of Allston family and other portraits
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 the Family of Keith M. Jones in honor of Lonnie Bunch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.31.5
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen and silver on paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)