Albumen portrait of Charlotte S. Poulton mounted on paper
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1865
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Charlotte S. Poulton, English, 1831 - 1910
label: Owned by
content: Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Albumen print of Charlotte S. Poulton mounted on paper. Poulton is shown in but portrait and is turned one quarter to her right looking off frame. Her hair is smoothed down and pulled behind her head, and she may be wearing a dark colored snood or cloth, but the print is blurry and difficult to tell. She is wearing a dark colored bodice with a white lace collar and a pin at her center front neck. The print is cut into an oval and adhered to a paper backing.
label: Description
content: Handwritten along the bottom of the mount in graphite is the text "Charlotte S. Poulton".
label: Description
content: The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
place: label: Place used
content: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.30.19
objectType: 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): 1 3/16 × 15/16 in. (3 × 2.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Mount): 1 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (4.1 × 6.3 cm)