Sujet

Portrait of a Black Man, about 1856. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Portrait of a Black Man, about 1856. Additional Info: A proud young man sits for his daguerreotype portrait, with his right hand confidently clutching the label of his jacket. He is well dressed for the occasion in a light-colored top hat and bow tie. He gazes intently outward, concentrating on the act of being recorded by the camera, possibly for the first time. He is unidentified, but his dress and bearing, coupled with the early date of the photograph--some seven years before emancipation came for African Americans at the end of the Civil War--suggest that he was a free man of color.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A01_157

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

37,5Mo (3,7Mo) / 28,1cm x 33,4cm / 3324 x 3941 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait people black male boy boys child children hat head historical fashion country frame teenage teenager teenagers clothes photography teens dress location century vintage gesturing photograph clothing thumbs up concept stetson photo African American African-American APPAREL B&W one person cowboy hat head and shoulders hand gesture afro-american metaphor African-Americans framed United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W menswear nineteenth century American history historic America USA 1850s daguerreotype photograph portrait united states Unknown 1856 men's fashion Heritage Art daguerreotype African Americans 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing