Ambrotype of an unidentified young woman
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This black-and-white photograph is a three-quarter-length portrait of an unidentified young woman seated with her left elbow resting on a table. The woman wears a striped dress with dropped shoulders and bell sleeves that have a decorative ruffle along the outside seam and around the cuffs. She has on a dark-colored straw hat with a flat crown and round, flat brim with a striped hatband. A black net veil with floral decorative lace is attached to the hat and placed behind the woman's face. A wide, dark-colored ribbon is tied in a bow around the woman's neck with the ends extending below her waist. It is unclear if the ribbon is attached to the hat or is a decorative neck accessory. The woman's cheeks are hand-tinted pink and her earrings, a ring on her right hand, and the chatelaine at her waist are gilded gold. The photograph is backed with brown paper and is housed in a metal frame with a decorative floral and scrollwork border. The reverse of the housing is blank.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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: 2014.174.6
objectType: label: Type
content: ambrotypes
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: collodion and silver on glass photographic plates, paper, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 1/2 × 2 1/8 × 1/8 in. (6.4 × 5.4 × 0.3 cm)