Carte-de-visite portrait of Elizabeth J. Thomas
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1880
name: label: Photograph by
content: Alexander S. Thomas, American
label: Subject of
content: Elizabeth J. Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone carte-de-visit of Mrs. Elizabeth J. (Ball) Thomas, wife of photographer Alexander S. Thomas, sister of photographer James P. Ball.
label: Description
content: Captured against a light background, Elizabeth J. Thomas gazes towards the camera. Her dark wavy hair is pinned near her ears and she wears a striped dress with a bright lace pendant-collar. On the reverse of the photograph card are graphite inscriptions and a large imprint of the photographer’s information in black ink: [A. S. Thomas / 166 West Fifth Street / Cincinnati, O.]. The imprint is centered vertically on the depiction of a white scroll and surrounded by a floral motif.
place: label: Place captured
content: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Photography
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.10.4.2
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 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (9.8 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.3 cm)