Carte-de-visite of Edmonia Lewis
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1870
name: label: Photograph by
content: Augustus Marshall, American, 1835 - 1916
label: Subject of
content: Edmonia Lewis, American, 1844 - 1907
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone carte-de-visite of sculptor Edmonia Lewis. Captured in front of a bright wall, Edmonia Lewis is seated in a short-back wooden chair. She leans on a small table covered by an ornate cloth and looks directly at the camera. Her dark curly hair is parted in the middle and she wears a collared long sleeve floor length dress. She has a dark, narrow ribbon tied at her neck, and a ring is visible on her proper right ring finger. On the reverse of the carte-de-visite are graphite inscriptions including [Edmonia / Lewis / Sculptor] and photographer’s studio information in black ink: [MARSHALL / PHOTOGRAPHER, / Studio Building, / Cor. Tremont and Bromfield Sts., / BOSTON.].
place: label: Place captured
content: Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
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: 2020.10.5
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 1/4 in. (9.2 × 5.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 5/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.9 × 6.3 cm)