Object Details
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
- Helen Pitts Douglass, American, 1838 - 1903
- Description
- This carte-de-visite depicts Douglass from the shoulders up in three-quarter profile view gazing to the viewer's right. Wearing a light colored collar, dark coat, and dark cravat, Douglass has a mustache, as well as a light streak in his hair. The reverse side has a laurel wreath in ink in the center. Text originally inside the wreath is obscured due to paper loss. Below the wreath is an inscription that reads “Helen Douglass.”
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carole A. Hyman
- 1862 - 1870
- Object number
- 2016.56
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (9.5 × 5.7 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Politics
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2016.56
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd541b46c9b-4c62-4db9-83f5-468c9d6f2f33
