Albumen portrait of Fanny Seward mounted on paper
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Frances Adeline Seward, American, 1844 - 1866
label: Owned by
content: Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Albumen print of Fanny Seward shown in bust portrait. The print is cut in an oval and adhered to a paper mount. Seward is facing the camera with her hair parted at the center and gathered in a snood behind her head. She wears a dark colored bodice, white standard collar, and a light and dark colored ribbon is tied in a bow at the front of her neck.
label: Description
content: Handwritten in graphite on the bottom center of the mount is the text "Fanny Seward / died 1865".
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: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
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: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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: 2017.30.45
objectType: 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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 1 1/4 × 1 in. (3.2 × 2.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Mount): 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (6.5 × 6.2 cm)