Half length formal portrait of "Uncle Moreau" [Omar ibn Said]; elderly man seated wearing headwrap, suit; left elbow rests on newel, cane in right hand


Description

Title
Half length formal portrait of "Uncle Moreau" [Omar ibn Said]; elderly man seated wearing headwrap, suit; left elbow rests on newel, cane in right hand
Published / Created
ca. 1850
Abstract
Half length formal portrait of an elderly black man seated wearing headwrap, suit; left elbow rests on newel, cane in right hand.
Extent
1 photograph
ambrotype
in case

Collection Information

Call Number
JWJ MSS 54
Collection Title
Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American collection
Collection/Other Creator
Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Collection Date
circa 1728-1991 (bulk 1850-1970)
Collection Note
Series I. Visual Material. Ambrotypes
Container / Volume Information
Box 3 | Folder 40
Finding Aid
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.pubsim

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Ambrotypes
Photographs
Resource Type
Prints & Photographs

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4465927
OID
2002060

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