Carte-de-visite portrait of Walter W. Johnson

Henry Ulke, German American, 1821 - 1910

Carte-de-visite of Walter W. Johnson shown in half portrait. Johnson is turned one quarter to his right and looks off camera. His hair is moderately long and wavy and he has a full beard and mustache. His cheeks are tinted pink. He wears a dark jacket with wide notched lapels, a dark vest, a white shirt, and a dark bowtie. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.

Date: 1868
Type: cartes-de-visite
Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Department: NMAAHC
Institution: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number: nmaahc_2017.30.6
Credit: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Walter W. Johnson

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