Sarony, 37 Union Square, New York, NY Half length portrait of Matilda Sissieretta Jones, known as "the Black Patti;" woman in a fancy dress leaning on a pedestal, bosom festooned with medals, Cabinet photograph

Found In:

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection (JWJ MSS 54) > Series I. Visual Material > CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS > Sarony, 37 Union Square, New York, NY Half length portrait of Matilda Sissieretta Jones, known as "the Black Patti;" woman in a fancy dress leaning on a pedestal, bosom festooned with medals, Cabinet photograph

2004546

Description

Title: Sarony, 37 Union Square, New York, NY Half length portrait of Matilda Sissieretta Jones, known as "the Black Patti;" woman in a fancy dress leaning on a pedestal, bosom festooned with medals, Cabinet photograph
Creator: From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created: circa 1895
Description: Verso, in pencil: "Sissaretta Jones the black Paddy (sic) entertainer, leader of a musical company." Another print, from the Meserve Collection, is in the Wadsworth Atheneum's Amistad Foundation Collection.
Provenance: Purchase from Swann Galleries, Inc., 1995 on various funds.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

JWJ MSS 54

Search for Additional Digitized Material in This Collection

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection
  - Series I. Visual Material
    CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS
    THIS ITEM Sarony, 37 Union Square, New York, NY Half length portrait of Matilda Sissieretta Jones, known as "the Black Patti;" woman in a fancy dress leaning on a pedestal, bosom festooned with medals, Cabinet photograph

Container / Volume

Box 9, folder 295

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.