Photographic print of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
date: label: Date
content: 1957
name: label: Photograph by
content: Terry Cryer, British, 1934 - 2017
label: Subject of
content: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is wearing a black sirt and sitting. She is holding a guitar and looking up and to her right. A fur coat is on the left side of the image and white, patterned wall and darkened window are in the back ground. The back of the photograph is signed at center in black ink with “Terry Cryer / ©.”
place: label: Place captured
content: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Gospel (Music)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rock and roll (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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 Gayle Wald
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.98.30
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Terry Cryer 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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 7 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (19.2 × 19.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (29.6 × 21 cm)