Object Details
- Description
- A deep purple-reddish brown photograph of Professor I. H. Hampton of Fayetteville, Tennessee taken by Calvert Bros. & Taylor in Nashville, Tennessee. Prof. Hampton is captured from the chest up, posed slightly to the right. He is wearing a dark color coat with a light color shirt and a dark color tie. On the proper left flap of his jacket is a pin. The photograph has a rectangular mat frame and backing. At the front bottom center is [CBT / Calverlt Bros. & Taylor / Cor. Cherry & Union Sts. / NASHVILLE, TENN.]. On the back, the name and hometown of the sitter appear in black ink at top center [Prof. I. H. Hampton, / Fayetteville / Tenn.].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Calvert Bros. & Taylor, 1896 - 1900
- Subject of
- Isham Harris Hampton, American, 1882 - 1943
- Owned by
- Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
- Date
- 1896-1900
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (18.7 x 13.3 cm)
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
