Object Details
- Description
- This 1/9 plate cased ambrotype depicts a white baby being held for the camera by a black man whose shoulder and hands are visible, but is otherwise unseen. The baby's cheeks have been tinted pink. The photograph is in a decorative copper-colored metal oval frame with a floral, star, and scroll motif and is held in a brown case with red textile lining. There are decorative impressions on the front and back of the case, which fastens with a small metal hook and eye closure along one edge.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1855-1860
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- silver nitrate on glass photographic plates with metal and textile materials
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.1 cm)
- Type
- ambrotypes
- portraits
