Carte-de-visite portrait of Harriet Tubman

Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements--United States
Freedom
Photography
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Slavery
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

Subject (Object Topic)
Cartes-de-visite
Photograph albums
Portraits

National Museum of African American History and Culture Online Catalog: “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 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.” See Bibliographic Citation.

Powelson, Benjamin F., 1823-1885

National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution

1868-1869

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1400 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20560, United States

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English

Media Arts-Photography
Slavery and Freedom Objects

NMAAHC Object Number: 2017.30.47

Image: 3 11/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9.4 × 5.7 cm)

Image and Mount: 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm)

Albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

“Carte-de-visite portrait of Harriet Tubman.” National Museum of African American History and Culture. Accessed May 1, 2018. https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2017.30.47?destination=explore/collection/search%3Fedan_q%3Dharriet%2520tubman%26edan_local%3D1%26op%3DSearch.

Renée Ater

Albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Image: 3 11/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9.4 × 5.7 cm)

Image and Mount: 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm)