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Portrait of a Young Woman
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Portrait of a Young Woman

Date1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard cabinet card mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 1/4 x 3 7/8in. (13.3 x 9.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/4 x 3 7/8in. (13.3 x 9.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 1/2 x 4 1/4in. (16.5 x 10.8cm)
Credit LineGift of Barbara Mellers
DescriptionFormal studio portrait of a young woman wearing a print dress and a necklace. She appears to be wearing a wig. A painted studio backdrop depicts an architectural setting.
The verso of the card contains the photographer's imprint printed in green ink in an elaborate landscape setting.
Object number2011.162.7
InscribedOn recto, lower margin, printed in brown ink, "The Elite. 1890."
On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
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