Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photographic portrait of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is pictured from the neck up with her head slightly tilted towards her right shoulder. Her eyes are closed, and she is wearing a white shawl over her head. 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
- 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): 10 7/16 × 7 11/16 in. (26.5 × 19.5 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 10 15/16 × 8 1/4 in. (27.8 × 20.9 cm)
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
