Carte-de-visite portrait of Wendell Phillips
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1865
name: label: Photograph by
content: Charles DeForest Fredricks, American, 1823 - 1894
label: Subject of
content: Wendell Phillips, American, 1811 - 1884
label: Owned by
content: Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Carte-de-visite of Wendell Phillips shown in half portrait. Phillips is seated and turned one quarter to his right. His hair is combed down over his ears and he is clean shaven. He is wearing a dark jacket with a velvet collar detail, a white shirt with a high collar, a dark neck tie, and plaid pants. The print is cut in an oval shape and adhered onto the paper mount.
label: Description
content: There is a mark for Charles D. Fredericks & Co. on the back of the photograph.
label: Description
content: The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Wendell Phillips." Handwritten in graphite at the bottom left of the album page is the text "cd Fredricks / 581 Broad."
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
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
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
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: 2017.30.46
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 1/8 × 2 3/16 in. (7.9 × 5.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 4 1/8 × 2 5/8 in. (10.4 × 6.7 cm)