Carte-de-visite portrait of John W. Menard
date: label: Date
content: 1868-1870
name: label: Photograph by
content: William H. Leeson, American
label: Subject of
content: John Willis Menard, American, 1838 - 1893
label: Subject of
content: Swymmer and Leeson, American, 1866 - 1868
label: Owned by
content: Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Carte-de-visite of John W. Menard shown in bust portrait. Menard's body is turned nearly in profile with his left side foremost, but his head is turned only one quarter and he looks slightly off frame. His hair is parted at his left side and smooth down on the top, but curly on the sides. He has a mustache. Menard wears a dark colored jacket, white shirt, and dark bowtie. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time. There is a double-lined border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.
label: Description
content: Handwritten in graphite at the bottom of the print is the text "J. Willis Menard". All of the mark on the back of the photograph for Swymmer & Leeson except "& LEESON, No. STREET." has been crossed out, with "167 Poydras Street" inscribed at the bottom in ink.
label: Description
content: The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite in the lower left corner of the album page is the text "Swymmer / Leeson".
place: label: Place captured
content: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
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: Collection title
content: Emily Howland Photograph Album
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
label: Movement
content: Colonization movement
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: 2017.30.35
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 and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 9/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9.1 × 5.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (10 × 6.1 cm)