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Carte-de-visite portrait of S. J. Bowen

Henry Ulke, German American, 1821 - 1910

Carte-de-visite of Sayles Jenks Bowen in half bust portrait. Bowen's body faces to the camera, but his head is a quarter turn to his right and he looks off camera. His hair is parted on his left side and smoothed down and he has a full beard. His cheeks are tinted pink. He wears a dark jacket and vest, dark bowtie, and white shirt. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.

Date

1866

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_2017.30.8

Credit

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress