Carte-de-visite portrait of Sojourner Truth
date: label: Date
content: 1864
name: label: Created by
content: Sojourner Truth, American, 1797 - 1883
label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Sojourner Truth, American, 1797 - 1883
notes: label: Description
content: A carte-de-visite bust-length portrait of Sojourner Truth with the text [I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance./Sojourner Truth.] beneath the image. Truth is depicted wearing a light colored shawl and bonnet which is tied under her chin. She is slightly turned towards the proper right side of the photograph.
label: Description
content: The verso reads [Entered according to the act of Congress/in the year 1864, by SOJOURNER TRUTH,/in the Clerk's Office, of the US District/Court for the Eastern District of Mich.].
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.17.12
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen 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: albumen and silver on photographic paper with cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.4 cm)