Eleanor Roosevelt Greeting a Young Girl
PhotographerPhotographed by
Edward Saxe
American, died 1975
SubjectPortrait of
Eleanor Roosevelt
American, 1884 - 1962
SubjectPortrait of
Sylvia Davis
Australian, 1919 - 2010
Date1951
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 8 1/4 x 10 1/8in. (21 x 25.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman
DescriptionPhotograph of a woman, Eleanor Roosevelt, smiling and shaking the hand of a young girl, Susan Patricelli. The girl has pigtails and wears a straw hat. Two men, Australian Counsul-General E. Kenneth Smartt and R.M. Younger, Director of the Australian News and Inforamtion Bureaus ar in the background. A woman wearing a hat, Sylvia Patricelli, is at the right looking on.
Object number2007.24.262
MarkingsStamped on verso in pink ink, "PHOTO BY / EDWARD SAXE / 703 Main St. / Hartford, Conn. / TEL. 2-7782 / Job No ___ Neg. No ___"NotesObject Note: This photograph was taken on the occasion of Eleanor Roosevelt attending the art opening of Sylvia Patricelli, the woman at the right of the image. The young girl is Susan, Sylvia's daughter. Eleanor Rooselvelt had met Sylvia Patricelli, an artist married to a Hartford resident, and recommended her to Beatrice Fox Auerbach to advise her on showing her artwork. The exhibition took place in Centinel Hill Hall at G. Fox & Co. in 1951.Collections
- G. Fox & Co.
On View
Not on view
Sylvia Davis
1971-1979
Adabelle Canney Lyon
Johnstone Studio
about 1911