Carte-de-visite of a young man
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1880
name: label: Photograph by
content: Edward Fraas, Danish
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone carte-de-visite portrait of a young man in Barbados. Captured seated against a bright background, a young man poses for the camera wearing a dark long-sleeve jacket, vest, bright collared shirt and narrow bowtie. He gazes to his proper left, has dark and short hair, and his image is vignette-framed on the card mount. On the reverse of the carte-de-visite in dark ink is the photographer’s imprint: [Edward Fraas & Co.], and a few handwritten inscriptions in graphite including [Teacher Sewita (?) Cruz] and [BARBADOS?].
place: label: Place captured
content: Bridgetown, Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
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 purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.10.7.1
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): 2 15/16 × 2 in. (7.4 × 5.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 3 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (9.2 × 6.1 cm)