Carte-de-visite portrait of Harriet Tubman

Object Details

Description: A carte-de-visite of Harriet Tubman seated in an interior room. She is positioned slightly turned to the right and gazes off camera. Her right hand rests on the back of a wooden chair and her left hand rests in her lap. A boldly patterned carpet covers the floor and the wall or drop behind her is a blank light color. Tubman wears a black bodice that buttons at the center front and has dropped sleeves with heavy ruching and ruffled details on the sleeves. There is a panel of lighter fabric around the yoke, with the upper neck the same dark color as the body of the bodice. A white lace collar with short tails is crossed and pinned at the front of her neck. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered at the nape of her neck. Tubman's full skirt is made from a light and dark patterned gingham check. It drapes slightly on the floor and hides her feet completely. The text "Harriet Tubman" is handwritten in graphite across the bottom of her skirt. The print is mounted on card stock and a double-lined red border is printed around the front edges of the card framing the print.; 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 with this photograph is the text "Powelson photog. / Auburn Ny".

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

1868-1869

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9.4 × 5.7 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm)

Place captured: Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Abolitionist movement

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Freedom; Photography; Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877; Slavery; U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c1fe9caa-2405-4c5f-ae98-e33ce83b5f30