The hand-colored photographic crayon portrait (crayon enlargement) depicts the full body portrait of an unidentified Black woman posed in a studio setting. The setting features a potted, flowering green plant and a large bay window that looks out onto abstract greenery and the blue sky. Her body is positioned at an angle with her left foot in front of her right, her left hand resting at waist height against a window seat or possibly on her waist, and her right hand resting at shoulder height against the windowsill. Her face is tilted towards her right, while her eyes gaze directly at the camera. Her skin is rendered in grayscale with hints of brown and pink. She is dressed in a mid-length black dress with a white lace collar, white sash tied at the waist, and short scalloped sleeves. Her black kitten heel shoes have buckled straps and have been possibly accented with pencil. There is also a luster effect on the black of the dress that contrasts with the matt surface of the photograph. On the back of the photograph (verso) there is a handwritten note, “Med Brown makeup, hair black.” The upper right hand corner of the photo has some damage. There are some white markings on the right border and near the woman’s shoes.
Metadata for this photograph was created by students as part of the course Curating Hidden Collections & the Black Archive in Spring 2021. Further information about their work can be found in the companion website: http://sites.udel.edu/baltimorecollection/.
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Capture Device: Contex HD iFlex; Next Image 5. Settings: 600 DPI, 24-bit color.
Digital Collection Name
Black portrait photograph collection
Acquisition Information
Accession 2021-0018.
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