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Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Old Woman)


unknown photographer, Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Old Woman), ca. 1872, albumen silver print, Museum Purchase: Photography Acquisition Fund, public domain, 2015.121.59t

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Title

Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Old Woman)

Artist

unknown photographer

Date

ca. 1872

Medium

albumen silver print

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 3 1/4 in x 2 in; sheet: 3 15/16 in x 2 in

Inscriptions & Markings

sitter's name: Mrs T. Foster, ink, recto; bottom Language: English Description: Handwritten in cursive across bottom front of card in brown ink

studio stamp; location stamp; numbered: R. POOLE,// Cor. Cherry and Union Sts.// Nashville, Tenn.// Negative No. 4235// PRESERVED FOR FUTURE ORDERS, printed; graphite, verso Language: English Description: text printed on reverse in red ink with negative number handwritten in graphite

location stamp; printer's stamp: R. POOLE, NASHVILLE, TENN., printed, recto, bottom Description: printed in red ink with thin red line around edge

Collection Area

Photography

Category

Photographs

Object Type

photograph

Culture

American

Credit Line

Museum Purchase: Photography Acquisition Fund

Accession Number

2015.121.59t

Copyright

public domain

Terms

albumen prints

cartes-de-visite

photographs

portraits

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Exhibitions

2017 Representing: Vernacular Photographs of, by, and for African Americans Portland Art Museum

2022 Perspectives Portland Art Museum

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