Alice Wetmore Smith as an Older Woman
Date1910-1915
MediumPhotography; platinum print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 3/8 x 7in. (23.8 x 17.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/4 x 11 1/4in. (40 x 28.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/4 x 11 1/4in. (40 x 28.6cm)
Credit LineGift of Marion Gridley Hitchcock
DescriptionA middle-aged woman is seated in the interior of a room, probably a parlor. She wears a dress trimmed with lace and ruffles over a lace blouse. Her jewelry includes bracelets and rings. She is seated on a hassock covered with a printed slipcover. Large cushions or pillows are behind her. A patterned carpet is on the floor and patterned wallpaper is on the wall. At the left, books, many with dust jackets or decorated trade bindings, are in glass-front bookcase. A vase and a candle in a candlestick are on the bookcase. A framed picture, an etching of cattle in a landscape, is on the wall above. At the right is a fireplace surrounded by ceramic tiles with an elaborate mantlepiece. A pitcher and additional candles and candlesticks are one the mantle.
Object number2002.98.7
InscribedVerso, inscribed in blue ink: "Alice (Wetmore) Smith of New Britain, CT / wife of / Wm. Whiting Smith / of / New Britain CT"; in black ink: "(The pillow in the background / is presently in use at / 988 Saybrook Rd/ Haddam Ct / by Stephens March (Gridely) Hitchcock." Accession number inscribed in pencil, lower right.NotesSubject Note: Alice Wetmore married Wiliam Whiting Smith who was the brother of Alice Mary Smith who md. Eben Gridley (donor's note, 8/2002)According to a note accompanying 2002.98.7, the Smiths resided in New Britain.
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