Carte-de-visite of a woman in Martinique
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1870
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hippolyte Hartmann, Martiniquan, active 1850s - 1880s
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone carte-de-visite of a woman posed at a small chair. Captured in front of a plain wall, a young woman wearing traditional Creole dress including an elaborate head wrap, large earrings, and beaded necklace, stands looking directly at the camera. Her proper left hand is hidden at her waist among her highly patterned skirt. Her proper right hand rests on a fringed chair in front of her.
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the carte-de-visite in dark ink is the photographer’s imprint - featuring an elaborate coat of arms with three stars and color-block. Above and below the coat of arms is: [PHOTOGRAPHIE D’OUTRE-MER / HARTMANN / ST PIERRE / MARTINIQUE].
place: label: Place captured
content: Saint Pierre, Martinique, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: French colonialism
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
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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: 2020.10.7.4
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 on wove paper and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.2 × 5.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 3 11/16 × 2 3/8 in. (9.4 × 6.1 cm)