Shumard, Ann
Senior Curator of Photographs
History of American portrait photography, with an emphasis on nineteenth and early twentieth-century portraiture; African American history and portraiture during the antebellum period, particularly the work of daguerreotypist Augustus Washington
Positions
- Senior Curator, Department of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery 2001 -
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Scripps College
Research And Grants
Investigator On
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Shumard, Ann M. 2022. "War Photography Built on a Foundation of Portraits of Luminaries." Military Images, (Spring), 25. Arlington, Virginia. 2022
- Shumard, Ann M. 2019. "Warranted to Give Satisfaction: Daguerreotypes by Jeremiah Gurney." The Daguerreian Annual, 136–151. 2019
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Blog Posting
- Shumard, Ann M. 2017. "Antebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady." Face-to-Face 2017
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Book
- Eye to I: Self-Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery.. Ed. Fortune, Brandon. 2019
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Chapter
- Thomas, Damion L. and Shumard, Ann M. 2019. "Civil Rights Frontrunner." In Smithsonian American Women: Remarkable Objects and Stories of Strength, Ingenuity, and Vision from the National Collection. Pope, Victoria and Schrum, Christine, editors. 179. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2019
- Shumard, Ann M. 2016. "Augustus Washington: Daguerreotypist of John Brown." In Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts. Arnoldi, Mary Jo, editor. 223–237. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2016
- Shumard, Ann M. 2013. "John Brown." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 44–47. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
- Shumard, Ann M. 2008. "Augustus Washington." In African American National Biography. 119–120. New York: Oxford University Press. 8 2008
Presentations
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Presentation
- A Durable Memento, Speaker
- A scholar, a teacher, and a useful man: The Life and Career of Augustus Washington, Speaker
- Augustus Washington, Speaker
- In Search of Augustus Washington, Speaker
- In Search of Augustus Washington, African American Daguerreotypist, Speaker
- The Life and Career of Augustus Washington, Speaker
- Women of Our Time, Speaker
Affiliation
Member Of
- Association of Art Museum Curators Member
- The Daguerreian Society Member
Contact
Location
- National Portrait Gallery Department