Sujet

Photographic crayon portrait of Roseanna May, late 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A black-and-white photographic crayon portrait of Roseanna May on thin fiberboard. She wears a dark, high-necked blouse or dress with a pleated front and a brooch at her center front collar. Her hair is pinned back at the lower back part of her head. The artist used charcoal and gray pastel, the former for enhancing and darkening and the latter for highlighting the photographic image. When placed alongside 2012.42.16.2, the two images show that it was at one time a single image with the man on the left and the woman on the right. Their shoulders overlap the central border and the lines meet up perfectly, as do scratch marks on the verso.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_293

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

104,2Mo (4,5Mo) / 45,4cm x 57,6cm / 5360 x 6798 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people black arts country art museum location century drawing African American African-American B&W afro-american United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century heritage American America USA photograph portrait united states Unknown pastel charcoal cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits Heritage Art companion portraits