Elizabeth Keckley (frontispiece to "Behind the Scenes")

Creator Name

Unidentified Artist;
G.W. Carleton & Co.;
Elizabeth Keckley, 1818 - 1907

Cultural Context

Date

1860s, 1870s

Source

National Portrait Gallery;

Smithsonian Institution

Work details

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Title

Elizabeth Keckley (frontispiece to "Behind the Scenes")

Creator

Unidentified Artist, Artist;
G.W. Carleton & Co., Publisher;
Elizabeth Keckley, 1818 - 1907, Sitter

Worktype

Book; Books

Cultural Context

Material

Etching and engraving on paper

Dimensions

Image: 9.3 × 7.1 cm (3 11/16 × 2 13/16");
Sheet: 18.5 × 11.4 cm (7 5/16 × 4 1/2");
Book: 19 × 12.9 × 3.8 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/16 × 1 1/2")

Technique

Language

Date

1860s, 1870s;
Date: c. 1868

Provenance

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

Location

Source

National Portrait Gallery;

Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery

Subjects

Costume\Jewelry\Earring; Print; Book\Frontispiece; Elizabeth Keckley: Female; Elizabeth Keckley: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer; Elizabeth Keckley: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Activist; Elizabeth Keckley: Law and Crime\Enslaved person; Elizabeth Keckley: Business and Finance\Tradesman\Textile worker\Dressmaker; Portrait; Printing; Women; Social Welfare and Reform; Business and Finance; Frontispiece; Books and reading; Arts and Culture; Literature; Writers; Dressmaker; Jewelry; Portraits; Tradesman; Activists; Reformers; Textile worker; Costume; Law and Crime; Enslaved person

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