Carte-de-visite of Frederick Douglass
date: label: Date
content: 1862 - 1870
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
label: Subject of
content: Helen Pitts Douglass, American, 1838 - 1903
notes: label: Description
content: This carte-de-visite depicts Douglass from the shoulders up in three-quarter profile view gazing to the viewer's right. Wearing a light colored collar, dark coat, and dark cravat, Douglass has a mustache, as well as a light streak in his hair. The reverse side has a laurel wreath in ink in the center. Text originally inside the wreath is obscured due to paper loss. Below the wreath is an inscription that reads “Helen Douglass.”
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carole A. Hyman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.56
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (9.5 × 5.7 cm)