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The Swift

PhotographerPhotographed by Wallace Nutting American, 1861 - 1941

Dateabout 1905

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print hand-colored with watercolor, on paper, on cardboard mount in wood and metal frame

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 5/8 x 7 3/8in. (24.4 x 18.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 5/8 x 7 3/8in. (24.4 x 18.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 13 1/2 x 10 3/8in. (34.3 x 26.4cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 14 5/8 x 11 5/8 x 1/2in. (37.1 x 29.5 x 1.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionA young woman wearing a long dress stands in the interior of a bedroom. She holds a spindle in her hands and appears to be winding yarn from a swift on the corner of a table. An open fan is in the opposite corner. An Empire sofa, a canopy bed and a small dressing table are in the background. A framed photograph is on the wall at the right. Patterned wallpaper is on the walls, patterned upholstery is on the sofa, and a patterned carpet is on the floor.

Object number1998.147.3

MarkingsOn paper label affixed to paper backing, typed in black ink, "Wallace Nutting of Elise Hamilton / Myers Bristol 1879-1924, 2nd wife / Wiliam Henry Bristol 1859-1930, taken in the Old Fashioned Room of / the summer home of Mr. & Mrs. / Harris Whittemore Sr., Middlebury / Connecticut"InscribedOn recto of mount, lower left, in pencil, "The Swift"

On verso of paper backing, in blue ink, "Elise Meyers Bristol (Mrs. William Bristol) / (IN MRS. Whittemore's house Middlebury)"

On verso of frame, lower right, in pencil, accession number

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