Cabinet card of Mary Jane Hale Welles in a funeral dress by Elizabeth Keckly

Nombre del creador

Henry Ulke, German American, 1821 - 1910;
Mary Jane Hale Welles, American, 1817 - 1886;
Elizabeth Keckly, American, 1818 - 1907

Contexto cultural

African Americans

Fecha

1860s

Fuente

National Museum of African American History and Culture;

Smithsonian Institution

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Descripción de objeto de National Museum of African American History and Culture

This portrait depicts Mary Jane Hale Welles, wife of Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, in a funeral dress. The dress is said to have been sewn and designed by Elizabeth Keckley for the funeral of her son Hubert Gideon Welles in 1862, and again worn by Welles at the funeral of President Lincoln in 1865.

A cabinet card portrait of Mary Jane Hale Welles wearing a funeral dress designed by Elizabeth Keckly (sometimes spelled Keckley). The albumen print is on a Henry Ulke card mount with a narrow black border. This full length portrait shows Mary Jane Hale Welles standing in a three quarters turn away from the camera. Wearing a dark colored full-length dress with a train and a ...

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Cabinet card of Mary Jane Hale Welles in a funeral dress by Elizabeth Keckly

Creador

Henry Ulke, German American, 1821 - 1910, Photograph by;
Mary Jane Hale Welles, American, 1817 - 1886, Subject of;
Elizabeth Keckly, American, 1818 - 1907, Subject of

Tipo de obra

cabinet photographs; albumen prints; portraits; Portraits; Photographs

Contexto cultural

African Americans

Material

albumen and silver on photographic paper on cardboard

Dimensiones

H x W (Image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.9 cm);
H x W (Sheet): 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.4 × 10.6 cm)

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Idioma

Fecha

1860s;
Date: 1866

Procedencia

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Derechos

CC0

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Ubicación

Washington; District of Columbia; United States; North and Central America

Fuente

National Museum of African American History and Culture;

Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Temas

African American; Clothing and dress; Craftsmanship; Free communities of color; Funeral customs and rites; Motherhood; Photography; Funeral rites and ceremonies

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Henry Ulke, German American, 1821 - 1910, Cabinet card of Mary Jane Hale Welles in a funeral dress by Elizabeth Keckly, 1860s, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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