Name/Title
Carte-de-visiteEntry/Object ID
2008.1008.1.571Description
Sepia print Carte-de-viste. Studio pose. Mounted on tan matboard. Full-length portrait of a man & woman in front of a painted backdrop. Man is seated on a wooden chair with a leather (?) seat. He is wearing a dark suit, dark vest, white shirt & light-colored bow tie. His hair is over his ears & curly & he wears chin whiskers with no mustache. Woman is standing with her left arm draped across the man's right shoulder - back to front. She is wearing a long, light-colored dress with a long, dark, cape-like coat with sleeves over the top of the dress. Her hair is pinned up.
Written on back in black ink: "John & Kate Werts taken at the Ferry Landing Newport Ky June 1864"
Mounted on acidic matboard. Corner & edge damage. Back soiled. Image surface badly soiled & liquid stained.Collection
Photograph Collection