Photograph by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

William Henry Channing, American, 1810 - 1884  Search this

Owned by:

Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929  Search this

Medium:

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 3 13/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9.7 × 5.7 cm)

H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.8 × 6.2 cm)

Type:

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Place used:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1862-1865

Description:

Carte-de-visite of William Henry Channing shown in full profile. He is standing in a carpeted room with a floral drapery at the right side of the image. Channing faces the camera with his arms crossed in front of his chest and his head a quarter turn to his right looking off camera. He is slightly balding and has a beard. His cheeks are tinted pink. Channing wears a black clergyman's robe over a suit.

The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Wm. H. Channing 1864".

Topic:

African American  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Photography  Search this

Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877  Search this

Religion  Search this

U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number:

2017.30.7

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

See more items in:

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50541fa45-d115-45c4-ac68-7efcaec9b50d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.30.7