Photograph of Gladys Bentley

Object Details

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Gladys Bentley, American, 1907 - 1960

Owned by

Laura Cathrell, 1914 - 1999

Description

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of entertainer Gladys Bentley. Bentley is depicted facing the viewer in bust pose. She is wearing a black top hat, dark bow tie, a white dress shirt, and black tuxedo suit jacket. Her top hat is perched slightly towards her proper right shoulder. The edges of the image are faded into an oval-shaped, white background. The print does not have any inscriptions, front or back.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1927-1945

Object number

2013.46.25.15

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image and sheet): 6 3/16 × 4 1/4 in. (15.7 × 10.8 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Movement

Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Blues (Music)

Entertainers

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Photography

Singers (Musicians)

Women

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.46.25.15

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd526a3c67b-8d48-435b-a288-5bf1a5de54d4