Carte-de-visite portrait of United States Senator Hiram Revels
date: label: Date
content: early 1870s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Hiram Rhodes Revels, American, 1827 - 1901
notes: label: Description
content: An albumen carte-de-visite portrait of United States Senator Hiram Revels. A dark haired man, Hiram Revels, is seated in a profile position with his proper right side facing the camera. He wears a tall bright collar, dark tie, and dark single breast jacket with two buttons on the torso. The photograph is on original plain mount; the mount is cropped to image along bottom edge. On the back of the photograph, written in pencil, from top to bottom, is: [Hiram Revels / 1st African-American / Senator / Mississippi 1870 / Revells].
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Preaching
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Religion
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.28.37
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cartes-de-visite : albumen on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9.3 × 5.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 3 7/8 × 2 7/16 in. (9.9 × 6.2 cm)