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The image depicts a group of nine men and women posing for a formal photograph. Some individuals are seated, while others stand behind. The men have short, neatly styled hair and wear suits with bow ties or neckties. The women have their hair pulled back or styled elegantly and wear long dresses with high necklines and long sleeves. One woman seated holds a circular object in her lap. The background shows a plain wall and a draped curtain, creating a studio setting. Each person has a calm expression. The photograph is mounted on orange card stock.
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The image depicts a group of nine men and women posing for a formal photograph. Some individuals are seated, while others stand behind. The men have short, neatly styled hair and wear suits with bow ties or neckties. The women have their hair pulled back or styled elegantly and wear long dresses with high necklines and long sleeves. One woman seated holds a circular object in her lap. The background shows a plain wall and a draped curtain, creating a studio setting. Each person has a calm expression. The photograph is mounted on orange card stock.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

"Jubilee Singers, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee"

James Wallace Black

Date
c. 1875
Medium
stereoscopic albumen silver prints
Dimensions
image/sheet (each): 8 × 7.9 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.) mount: 8.3 × 17.5 cm (3 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.39.180
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
  • Musicians
  • African American
  • Women
  • Tennessee
  • Men
  • Stereograph
Provenance

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

Inscription

on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 23.11.AL / AF128; by unknown hand, upper right in black ink perpendicular: No 60; center printed in black ink: American Missionary Association. / JUBILEE SINGERS, / FISK UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN. / Negative by Black.

NGA object ID 227200. 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.