Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is standing on the left side of the photograph and is wearing a black sweater with light-colored floral appliques and black pants. She is standing in front of a microphone and singing. She is looking up and has her arms outstretched in front of her. Unidentified back-up singers are on the right side of the photograph. The back of the photograph is signed at center in black ink with “Terry Cryer / ©.”
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Terry Cryer, British, 1934 - 2017
- Subject of
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1957
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 6 7/8 × 6 15/16 in. (17.5 × 17.7 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
