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)
- See more items in
- 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
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd526a3c67b-8d48-435b-a288-5bf1a5de54d4
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