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The image shows a man facing the camera in a seated position. He has distinct facial features with a full beard and mustache. The man wears a dark jacket with a high collar and a white shirt underneath. The background is plain and monochromatic. A card with handwritten text is placed below the image.
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The image shows a man facing the camera in a seated position. He has distinct facial features with a full beard and mustache. The man wears a dark jacket with a high collar and a white shirt underneath. The background is plain and monochromatic. A card with handwritten text is placed below the image.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Bishop James Walker Hood

Henry Baumgarten

Date
c. 1872
Medium
albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)
Dimensions
image/sheet: 9.3 × 5.8 cm (3 11/16 × 2 5/16 in.) mount: 10.5 × 6.3 cm (4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.39.177
Credit line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • African American
  • Man
  • CDV
Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Inscription

by unknown hand, lower center on mount printed in black ink: J.W. Hood Bishop / A.M.E. Zion Church; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: "Bishop J.W. Hood (Hond) / American Meth Epis Zion Church; center printed in black ink: H. BAUMGARTEN, / PHOTOGRAPHER / OVER NISBET'S STORE, / CHARLOTTE, N. C.; by Ross Kelbaugh, lower left in graphite: AF121C / RJHH / 7.19; lower center printed in black ink: No. [by unknown hand in graphite: 4965] / COPIES CAN BE HAD AT ANY TIME

NGA object ID 227197. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.