Photograph of a woman

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 silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a woman. She is depicted seated on a white block with a curved edge, against a white gradient background. Her body is facing the left edge of the image and her head and torso are turned towards the viewer. She is sitting with her arms akimbo, her proper right leg extended, and her proper left foot resting on the curved edge of the block. She is looking toward the top right corner of the image. She is wearing a white, off-the-shoulders dress with a sequin embellished, ruffle detail at the top. The front of the bodice is embellished with beads, sequins, and rhinestones in a crisscross pattern. The long dress skirt opens at the front. The front opening is edged in ruffles and the body of the skirt is decorated with bands of sequins.

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