Object Details
- Description
- A cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of a woman wearing black dress with a lace collar. The woman is photographed in profile from the chest up. She is facing the right side of the photograph. Printed at the bottom of the card beneath the photograph is “Buchanan & Gast,” “Extra / Finish,” and Huntsville, Ala.” Printed on the back of the card are images of plants, geometric designs and additional information about the photographers. Also on the back are handwritten doodles and the numbers “40” and “42.”
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- D. W. Buchanan, American, 1854 - 1920
- John M. Gast, American, born 1867
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- late 19th century
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (card): 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)
- H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 3 13/16 in. (14 × 9.7 cm)
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
