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The image depicts a sepia-toned portrait of a woman, capturing her head and upper torso. She is slightly angled to the side, looking towards the camera with a serene expression. Her hair is styled upwards, and she is wearing a gown with a low neckline that covers her shoulders. There are no visible accessories or objects in the image. The background is plain and sepia-toned, adding to the vintage aesthetic.
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The image depicts a sepia-toned portrait of a woman, capturing her head and upper torso. She is slightly angled to the side, looking towards the camera with a serene expression. Her hair is styled upwards, and she is wearing a gown with a low neckline that covers her shoulders. There are no visible accessories or objects in the image. The background is plain and sepia-toned, adding to the vintage aesthetic.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Beatrice

Mathilde Weil

Date
1899
Medium
photogravure in sepia on chine collé mounted on cream wove paper
Dimensions
image: 16.7 x 9 cm (6 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.) sheet: 18.8 x 10.4 cm (7 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.) mount: 37.8 x 27.8 cm (14 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph · Print
Accession number
2002.120.26
Credit line
Anonymous Gift
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
American Pictorial Photography, Series I

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • photogravure
Provenance

Private collection; gift to NGA, 2002.

NGA object ID 127445. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.