Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Frederick Douglass wearing a jacket, waistcoat, and bowtie. The wet plate ambrotype plates are housed in a folding leather case with tooled gilt oval mat and red velvet lining.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1855-1865
- Object number
- 2010.36.10ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- ambrotypes
- portraits
- Medium
- collodion and silver on glass photographic plates with leather and velvet
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 4 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. (12.1 x 9.8 cm)
- Case open: 4 3/4 x 7 11/16 x 1/2 in. (12.1 x 19.5 x 1.3 cm)
- Case closed: 4 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 3/4 in. (12.1 x 9.8 x 1.9 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Anti-slavery movements
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2010.36.10ab
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd539360b3e-615f-42d2-a606-dfe06c34ba34
