A bust photograph of a man with a handlebar mustache and short hair brushed up off of his forehead into a peak, wearing a dark jacket and lapelled vest over a white shirt and bow tie. A chain, possibly from a watch in a vest pocket, carries a fob with a Masonic symbol. A white square or ribbon is pinned under his left jacket lapel. A cabinet card photograph, faded, with scalloped edges; title supplied by cataloger. Printed below the image: Elite Studio, 226 & 228 Losoya St. , San Antonio, Texas. On verso in pencil: "Not the picture that was turned towards the wall, but turned from the wall as the rubber would not allow otherwise. FW. "
Dimensions
17 x 12 cm (6.7 x 4.7 in)
Place of Origin
San Antonio (Bexar County, Tex.)
Caption / Inscription / Signature
"Not the picture that was turned towards the wall, but turned from the wall as the rubber would not allow otherwise."
Original Publisher
San Antonio, Tex.: Elite Studio, [ca. 1890?]
Date Digital
2014
Language
eng
Type
image
Artisan or Artist
Elite Studio.
Subject LC
cabinet photographs ; portrait photographs
Subject AAT
Objects Facet -- Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name) -- Visual Works (Hierarchy Name) -- visual works (works) -- photographs -- card photographs (photographs) -- cabinet photographs ; Objects Facet -- Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name) -- Visual Works (Hierarchy Name) -- visual works (works) -- photographs -- studio portraits