Carte-de-visite portrait of Margaret Alsop
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1865
name: label: Photograph by
content: Alexander Gardner, Scottish, 1821 - 1882
label: Published by
content: Philp & Solomons, American, founded 1859
label: Subject of
content: Margaret Alsop, Scottish American, 1842 - 1886
label: Received by
content: Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Carte-de-visite of Margaret Alsop shown in half portrait. Alsop is seated with her proper right elbow resting on the back of a chair and her right hand touching her chin. She is looking directly at the camera. Alsop is wearing a dark colored, high neck dress with buttons from neck to waist and a belt with oval buckle cinching the pleated waist. There is a light colored trim at the collar and cuffs. The photograph has retouching present in Alsop's eyes and pink hand coloring on her lips and cheeks.
label: Description
content: There is an inscription handwritten in graphite along the lower edge of the print, which reads "Margaret Alsop."
label: Description
content: There is a mark for Alexander Gardner Galleries and Philip & Solomons Publishers on the back of the photograph.
label: Description
content: The photograph is housed on page 20 in the Emily Howland Photograph Album (2017.30). The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
place: label: Place printed
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Photography
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, Anonymous Gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.9
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 and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 7/16 × 2 3/16 in. (8.8 × 5.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6.1 cm)