Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Harriet Wilson
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 1981.042.02
- Creator:
- Brady, Mathew B. (1822-1896)
- Place of Origin:
- Washington, DC
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Photograph. Hand-tinted portrait of Harriet Wilson (1824-1870), by Mathew B. Brady (1822-1896), c. 1860. Watercolor on albumen print. Full-length standing portrait of woman facing left. Her hair is long, parted, and twisted over the crown of her head. Wearing a brown dress with four ruffles at the bottom, large bell sleeves, lace collar, brooch, and printed shawl. Watch fob on belt. Identified in pencil on backing paper (removed in object folder): "Aunt Harriet Wilson." Printed inscription on the reverse: "Photographed by M. B. Brady, 627 Penn. Avenue, Washington D.C." Oak wood frame, exterior molding with gilded interior, oval paper mat.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.9 W-7.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Henry Wilson's brother, Samuel Colbath, had a son Charles Francis Adams Colbath who was the father of the donor's (Carolyn S. Simpson) mother, Mary Frances Colbath.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Carolyn Schulte Simpson, In Memory of Her Mother, Mary Frances Colbath, Great Niece of Henry Wilson
- Subjects:
- Wilson, Harriet
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