Carte-de-visite portrait of Agnes and Slocum Howland
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Carte-de-visite portrait of Agnes and Slocum Howland

C.E. Van Gorden, American, 1847 - 1925 · ca. 1875

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Carte-de-visite of Agnes and Slocum Howland. Agnes is seated and facing the camera, with Slocum standing to her left and also facing the camera. Agnes has her hair pulled away from her face and left loose in back. She wears a dark colored dress with a large white bow tied around her neck. Slocum wears a frock and short jacket in a medium color trimmed in dark velvet. His right elbow is propped on Agnes's left thigh and her right hand rests in her lap next to his arm.

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