<I>The Elder</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1993
name: label: Photograph by
content: Kenneth Royster, American, born 1944
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph by Kenneth Royster of an unidentified man seated in a room with religious paraphernalia. The man is wearing a white three-piece suit with a dark striped tie and looking at the camera. He is seated in front of a short wall on the right side of the image. His hands are clasped in his lap and he is wearing a necklace with religious. On the left is a metal candle stand with votive holders shaped like leaves and a cross at the top. There is a ledge around the middle of the room. On the ledge above the candles are two (2) small flags connected to a central stand. Next to the flags are framed pictures, a statue of the Virgin Mary, and a curtained window. There are chairs covered in white fabric below the ledge. Next to the window a cane is hanging off the ledge in the back corner of the room. Another statue of the Virgin Mary is in the back center with candles in front of the figurine. The background is slightly out of focus. The edge of the negative is partially visible around the image. There is a numerical inscription on the reverse.
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Religious rituals and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Praise
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kenneth Royster in honor of Prof. Samuel L. Green
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.41.5
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kenneth Royster
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 13 5/8 × 13 5/8 in. (34.6 × 34.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)