Photographic crayon portrait of Roseanna May
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Roseanna May, American, 1846 - 1924
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photographic crayon portrait of Roseanna May on thin fiberboard. She wears a dark, high-necked blouse or dress with a pleated front and a brooch at her center front collar. Her hair is pinned back at the lower back part of her head. The artist used charcoal and gray pastel, the former for enhancing and darkening and the latter for highlighting the photographic image. When placed alongside 2012.42.16.2, the two images show that it was at one time a single image with the man on the left and the woman on the right. Their shoulders overlap the central border and the lines meet up perfectly, as do scratch marks on the verso.
place: label: Place used
content: Orange County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Clara Ellis Payne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.42.16.1
objectType: label: Type
content: companion portraits
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: emulsion, charcoal black, and pigment on fiberboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (26.7 x 21 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (26.7 x 21.3 cm)