Carte-de-visite of a young woman
date: label: Date
content: 1865-1888
name: label: Photograph by
content: James G. Brayton, American, born 1822
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone full length carte-de-visite of a woman in a plaid dress. Captured standing for her portrait, a woman with long dark hair styled in an updo, wears earrings and a floor length ruffled plaid dress. She rests her proper right hand on the back of a plush cord embellished chair. There are two rings on her proper left hand, a floor length curtain to her proper right, and a plain wall behind her. On the reverse of the carte-de-visite is the photographer’s imprint: [J. G. BRAYTON, / NAPA. / Additional copies may be had at any time.] along with "Jennings" and numerical inscriptions in graphite.
place: label: Place captured
content: Napa, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
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: 2020.10.10.14
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 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.2 × 5.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.1 × 6.3 cm)