Portrait of Margaret Goetz

Photograph

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Portrait of Margaret Goetz

Entry/Object ID

1979.04.37

Description

James Wallace Black (1825-1896), known professionally as J.W Black was an early American photographer whose career was marked by experimentation and innovation. Born in New Hampshire, we moved to Boston to try to be a painter and turned to photography there after. A woman in a lace dress, leans against a stair case banister with her arms crossed. She looks towards the right side of the photograph, in profile view.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Cabinet Card

Acquisition

Accession

1979.04

Source or Donor

Stephen T. Rose

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Stephen Rose

Made/Created

Artist

James Wallace Black

Studio

J.W Black & Co

Date made

circa 1880

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Photograph, Cabinet

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

5-13/16 in

Width

3-13/16 in