Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Carte-de-visite of Mr. Trimble
1867-1870s
Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A fading deep purple-reddish brown carte-de-visite of a Mr. Trimble by the Lee Gallery in Richmond, Virginia. The bust-length portrait of Mr. Trimble has some pink pigment was added to the lips and cheeks after the photograph was taken. He is wearing a dark color suit jacket with a light color shirt and tie. The photograph is on a rectangular mat frame and backing. On the front bottom margin of the photograph is printed [THE LEE GALLERY / 920 MAIN STREET, / RICHMOND, VA]. On the back at the top is the sitter’s name handwritten in pencil [Mr. Trimble].
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Catalog reference: 2011.36.21
