Carte-de-visite of a young woman in Napa, California
date: label: Date
content: 1865-1888
name: label: Photograph by
content: James G. Brayton, American, born 1822
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone vignette carte-de-visite of a young woman with a choker necklace looking right. Captured seated, a young dark-haired lady poses for her portrait wears an earring in her proper right ear, a detailed shawl and unique choker. Her hair is upswept in the back with a puffed front bouffant. On the reverse of the carte-de-visite is the graphite inscription “Jennings” along with several numerical inscriptions and the photographer’s imprint: [BRAYTON, / Napa, - - - Cal.].
place: label: Place captured
content: Napa, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
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: 2020.10.10.6
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
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): 2 5/8 × 1 13/16 in. (6.6 × 4.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 3 × 2 in. (7.6 × 5.1 cm)