Portrait of a Man and Woman
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1900
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions7 5/8 × 7 3/4 in. (19.4 × 19.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Terms
Object numberPA1990.013.248.A
DescriptionPortrait of an Indigenous man and woman posing in front of a hand-painted natural background inside Cobb Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The man is seated, wearing a leather jacket and leather pants with fringe along the shoulders and side seams. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat. His hair is chin length. The woman is standing to the left of the frame and wears a dark dress with a patterned shawl tied around her neck. dress is attached above one shoulder and there is a plaid long sleeve shirt beneath the one-shoulder dress. She has short hair. She is resting her left elbow on a pillar that holds a large ceramic pot. Both people are looking toward the camera.The man sits on a woven blanket draping a bench. There is a Pueblo style pottery vessel propped behind them atop a fur.
Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss.
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