“Son of the Shiek Kelly” [from the Photo Album of an African-American Woman]

Unknown American, American

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about 1920s or 30s

Gelatin silver print

Image: 4 3/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10.7 × 6.2 cm)

Sheet: 4 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (11.4 × 7 cm)

Mount: 5 1/16 × 2 13/16 in. (12.8 × 7.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Peter J. Cohen

2017.62.81

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, on mount, above image, in white ink: SON OF THE SHIEK. / KElly

Provenance

Peter J. Cohen, New York, New York; given to present collection, 2017.

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