Ambrotype of a woman seated with a hat in her lap
date: label: Date
content: mid-19th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A sepiatone ambrotype photograph of a woman wearing a striped dress with a hat on her lap, in an ornate copper-colored metal case. The woman's earrings, necklace, and rings have been hand-tinted gold, and her cheeks have been tinted pink.
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: 2008.9.1
objectType: label: Type
content: ambrotypes
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver nitrate on glass photographic plates
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Case Closed): 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 3/4 in. (7.3 × 6 × 1.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Case Open): 2 7/8 × 5 × 3/8 in. (7.3 × 12.7 × 1 cm)