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2003.20.7
Helen Gage Hatch
2003.20.7

Helen Gage Hatch

Photographer (American, 1833 - 1915)
Photographer (American, 1869 - 1870)
Photographer (American, 1840 - 1883)
Date1860-1920
MediumPhotography; albumen prints, platinum prints on paper, some mounted on cartes-de-visite or cabinet cards, one housed in paper folder
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 3/8 x 3 15/16in. (18.7 x 10cm) Sheet (height x width): 7 3/8 x 3 15/16in. (18.7 x 10cm) Mount (height x width): 8 1/4 x 4 1/4in. (21 x 10.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Chris Hatch
Object number2003.20.1-.19
DescriptionPortraits of Helen Gage Hatch from the age of about five to about sixty. Most are studio portraits, but one is an amateur snapshot. The earliest portrait shows the subject as a small girl wearing a checked dress. She is also depicted wearing her wedding gown and veil, wearing a long fur piece and holding a muff, wearing a cross on a necklace, and posing in front of a painted backdrop depicting the deck of a ship, shielding her eyes against an imaginary sun. In the latest portrait she appears as an elderly woman wearing a hat and coat.
NotesSubject Note: Helen Gage Hatch was the daughter of William Leonard Gage and his wife, Caroline Aiken Gage. (Finlay 6/12/2003)
Status
Not on view