Object Details
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Margaret Alsop shown in half portrait. Alsop is seated with her proper right elbow resting on the back of a chair and her right hand touching her chin. She is looking directly at the camera. Alsop is wearing a dark colored, high neck dress with buttons from neck to waist and a belt with oval buckle cinching the pleated waist. There is a light colored trim at the collar and cuffs. The photograph has retouching present in Alsop's eyes and pink hand coloring on her lips and cheeks.
- There is an inscription handwritten in graphite along the lower edge of the print, which reads "Margaret Alsop."
- There is a mark for Alexander Gardner Galleries and Philip & Solomons Publishers on the back of the photograph.
- The photograph is housed on page 20 in the Emily Howland Photograph Album (2017.30). The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Alexander Gardner, Scottish, 1821 - 1882
- Published by
- Philp & Solomons, American, founded 1859
- Subject of
- Margaret Alsop, Scottish American, 1842 - 1886
- Received by
- Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress, Anonymous Gift
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 7/16 × 2 3/16 in. (8.8 × 5.5 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6.1 cm)
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
