Carte-de-visite portrait of Carrie Lining
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1875
name: label: Photograph by
content: George N. Barnard, American, 1819 - 1902
label: Subject of
content: Carrie Lining
label: Owned by
content: Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Carte-de-visite of Carrie Lining shown in half portrait. Lining is turned one quarter to her right, with her head facing the camera though she looks slightly off frame. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered at the nape of her neck. She wears hoop earrings and a dark colored bodice with a standing collar. A white collar tied in a bow at the center neck is tucked under the dark standing collar of her bodice.
label: Description
content: Handwritten on the photograph below the image is "Carrie Lining" with "Charleston, S.C." written below that on the mount. There is a mark on the back of the photograph for Barnard's studio.
label: Description
content: The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
place: label: Place printed
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Emily Howland Photograph Album
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.30.26
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 on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.3 × 5.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.4 cm)