Sujet

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

Légende

A black-and-white photographic crayon portrait of Squire May on thin fiberboard. He wears a dark colored three-piece suit, complete with jacket, vest, white collared shirt, and black bowtie. His hair has turned white with age and he has a full beard and mustache. The artist used charcoal and gray pastel, the former for enhancing and darkening and the latter for highlighting the photographic image. When placed alongside 2012.42.16.1, 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_301

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

103,8Mo (4,0Mo) / 46,0cm x 56,5cm / 5438 x 6674 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black male man men country guy museum location century 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