Ambrotype of an unidentified woman and child
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: In black thermoplastic case with brass hinges and a gold medallion decoration and a purple lining is an ambrotype in a brass and paper preserver and mat of an African American woman with a white cap or headscarf in a patterned dress with a white collar and a brooch. The brooch setting is hand colored with gold paint. The girl, who seems to be about five years old, wears a checked dress with a pinafore and pantaloons. The girl wears a necklace, which is hand colored with red paint.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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 from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.51.11
objectType: label: Type
content: ambrotypes
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: collodion and silver on glass photographic plate with unidentified tint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Closed): 3 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 7/8 in. (9.8 x 8.9 x 2.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 3 7/8 x 7 x 5/8 in. (9.8 x 17.8 x 1.6 cm)