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The image shows a close-up portrait of a woman, featuring her head and shoulders in a slight three-quarter profile. Her facial features are soft and delicate, with a serene expression. She wears a light-colored bonnet or hat that frames her face, and a light-colored garment. The background is indistinct, and the photograph is bordered by a gray matte.
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The image shows a close-up portrait of a woman, featuring her head and shoulders in a slight three-quarter profile. Her facial features are soft and delicate, with a serene expression. She wears a light-colored bonnet or hat that frames her face, and a light-colored garment. The background is indistinct, and the photograph is bordered by a gray matte.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A Study Head

Eva L. Watson

Date
1901
Medium
photogravure mounted on light gray wove paper
Dimensions
image: 16.7 x 12 cm (6 9/16 x 4 3/4 in.) mount: 38.1 x 27.8 cm (15 x 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph · Print
Accession number
2002.120.37
Credit line
Anonymous Gift
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
American Pictorial Photography, Series Two

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • photogravure
Provenance

Private collection; gift to NGA, 2002.

Inscription

Lower right in graphite: 14; on gray paper mount, lower left in graphite: 14; lower left in graphite: 14/13

NGA object ID 127456. 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.