Carte-de-visite portrait of Rev. Henry Highland Garnet
date: label: Date
content: 1860s
name: label: Photograph by
content: George G. Rockwood, American, 1832 - 1911
label: Subject of
content: Henry Garnet, American, 1815 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white carte-de-visite of abolitionist minister Henry Highland Garnet.
label: Description
content: Garnet is posed seated, wearing a dark jacket, button-down vest and trousers. He gazes directly at the camera wearing a white shirt and tucked neck-bow before a solid backdrop. At the bottom of the photo card in light brown print is “Rockwood” and “839 B’way, N.Y.” On the reverse of the photo card is a green imprint of a cherub seated atop a very large book, painting on the canvas at easel: [ROCKWOOD / PHOTOGRAPHER / 839 BROADWAY / N. Y.].
place: label: Place captured
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: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Free communities of color
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Presbyterian
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Anti-slavery movements
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: 2020.26.13
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 nitrocellulose wove paper and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 3/16 × 2 9/16 in. (10.7 × 6.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 3/4 × 2 5/16 in. (9.6 × 5.9 cm)