Negro Cabin
Negro Cabin
Negro Cabin
Negro Cabin

Currently not on view

Negro Cabin,

ca. 1865

James A. Palmer, 1825–1896; born Ireland; died Aiken, SC
2017-44

Information

Title
Negro Cabin
Dates

ca. 1865

Maker
James A. Palmer
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
image: 9.2 × 16 cm (3 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.) mount: 10.6 × 17.8 cm (4 3/16 × 7 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2017-44
Inscription
In graphite, verso lower left: Y92M.10
Marks/Labels/Seals
Sticker on verso, center: No. 611 [handwritten in ink] / Characteristic Southern Scenes. / Negro Cabin [handwritten in ink] / Photographed by J. A. Palmer, Aiken, S.C.
Culture
American
Type
albumen prints, photographs, stereographs
Techniques
albumen process
Subject
families, children (people by age group), figures (representations), cabins (houses)

[Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2017.

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