Sujet

Tintype portrait of Miss Allen, 1865. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Tintype of Miss Allen shown in bust portrait. She is turned one quarter to her left, but is looking at the camera. Her cheeks are tinted pink. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered in a chignon at the nape of her neck. She wears a light colored blouse with a dark oval brooch pinned at her front neck. A long, dark, single strand beaded necklace is around her neck. The tintype is placed in its original "Potters Patent" die-cut paper frame, with an oval cut out to display the image. Around the cut out is a heavily ornate embossed frame.;Handwritten in graphite on the mount below the tintype is the text "Miss Allen Freedmen / teacher / 1865";The tintype is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_401

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

72,1Mo (2,1Mo) / 33,3cm x 54,3cm / 3931 x 6408 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female Caucasian women woman people black job education teacher country white occupation museum location century teaching profession concept African American African-American B&W afro-american educator United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W abolitionist nineteenth century heritage American America USA abolition anti-slavery photograph portrait united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits Heritage Art tintypes