Carte-de-visite portrait of Isabel and Herbert Howland
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1870
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Isabel Howland, American, 1859 - 1942
label: Subject of
content: Herbert Howland, American, 1863 - 1939
label: Owned by
content: Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Carte-de-visite of Isabel and Herbert Howland shown in full portrait. Isabel stands with her body turned one quarter to her left and her left hand on the shoulder of Herbert, who is seated to her left on a stool with his legs resting on the seat of a Windsor chair. Herbert is facing the camera but looks slightly off frame. Isabel wears a light colored short dress with a dark colored pinafore. Herbert wears a light colored skeleton suit. There is a double-lined border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.
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 used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 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: 2017.30.32
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 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (9.5 × 5.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6.1 cm)