Final touches to the bride
Object Details
- Description
- This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a bride preparing for her wedding day. The woman is wearing a white dress and a white lace veil. The veil is not covering her face. A woman is standing behind her adjusting the veil. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Generously donated by Bank of America Corporation
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 1980; printed 2007
- Object number
- 2014.310.55
- Photograph by
- Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, American, born 1951
- Printed by
- ModernAge Photographic Services, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- digital prints
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 13 × 19 7/16 in. (33 × 49.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 20 × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm)
- Place captured
- Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Daufuskie Island
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Topic
- African American
- Communities
- Marriage customs and rites
- Photography
- Rural life
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.310.55
