<I>Early Morning</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1964
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hugh Cecil Lancelot Bell, American, 1927 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white gelatin photograph of a young woman getting dressed. Captured in the daytime, Antigua and Barbuda, 1964, an unidentified dark-haired woman adjusts the fit of her bustier slip. There are several bracelets around her proper left wrist, and one on her proper right wrist. She is flanked by an open doorway to the left and a window to the right, beyond which is significant tropical foliage.A large bright patterned cloth hangs folded halfway across the window’s frame. On verso is the artist’s name in graphite [Hugh Bell] and a paper sticker that reads: [LEGACY / 312].
place: label: Place captured
content: Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Fashion
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, generously supported by the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.85.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © The Estate of Hugh Bell
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and gelatin on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 12 13/16 × 19 × 7/16 in. (32.6 × 48.3 × 1.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)