<I>Abuelita at the Cloisters</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1960
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of an older woman, or an abuelita, sitting on a chair with her back to the camera. She is seated in a corridor in front of three statues at The Met Cloisters. The two most visibly statues are iterations of the Virgin Mary holding a baby Jesus are to the left and in the center while the third indistinguishable statue is to the right. The woman is wearing a short-sleeved, long dress with black shoes and a black hat.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the front of the photograph. The back has alpha-numerical inscription along the edge in the upper left corner, handwritten in pencil.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington Heights, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Multilingual communication
label: Topic
content: Museums
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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 purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.53.5
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Frank Espada
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: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)