Sujet

Daguerreotype of Rhoda Phillips, ca. 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A 1/9th plate daguerreotype portrait of Rhoda Phillips (1831-1906), a woman who was born enslaved and owned by the Clark-Gleaves family of Nashville, Tennessee, with whom she remained after emancipation. Phillips is seated in the image and wears a dress with a flower pattern, lace cuffs, and a lace collar. The case is contemporary and has a decorative gold metal frame and a red velvet lining.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A72_492

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

100,5Mo (5,0Mo) / 61,3cm x 41,1cm / 7246 x 4850 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people black country museum color photography location Victorian century African American African-American B&W afro-american slavery emancipation slave United States of America Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century heritage American America USA daguerreotype photograph portrait united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art emancipated enslaved person National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits Heritage Art daguerreotypes