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Ambrotype of Ann Hurst Copeland in an embossed leather case

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This black-and-white photograph is a portrait of a woman named Ann Hurst Copeland seated in a chair with her left elbow propped on a table. She wears a dark-colored striped silk dress with large bell sleeves and a rounded white collar. Her cheeks are hand-tinted pink and a brooch at her neck and a ring on her right hand have been gilded gold. The photograph is housed in a metal frame and inside a burgundy velvet-lined black wooden case with an embossed leather cover. The photograph (a) and lid (b) portions of the case have become completely detached. The case closes with a hook on the right side.
Type:
Image
Format:
Collodion And Silver On Glass Photographic Plates, Velvet, Wood, Leather, And Metal
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African American
  2. African Americans
  3. Copeland, Ann Hurst
  4. Families
  5. Family
  6. Free Communities Of Color
  7. Photography

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