Gladys Bentley

Unknown (American)


Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
1927-1945
Height:
15.7 cm  (6 3/16 in.)
Width:
10.8 cm  (4 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

    Item location

  • Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    [Museum inv. no.: 2013.46.25.15]

Description

Gladys Bentley is depicted facing the viewer in bust pose. She is wearing a black top hat, dark bow tie, a white dress shirt, and black tuxedo suit jacket. Her top hat is perched slightly towards her proper right shoulder. The edges of the image are faded into an oval-shaped, white background. The print does not have any inscriptions, front or back.

People as subjects

Bentley, Gladys (1907-1960) (Musician portrait)

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RIdIM record id

5887