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The image shows a side profile silhouette of a seated person facing right towards sheet music on a music stand. Only the upper body is visible, with the head slightly angled downward. The individual's facial features and hair are not distinct due to being backlit. The person appears to be wearing a jacket, but details are unclear. A large, illuminated circular lamp is in the background, along with a faint picture or painting on the wall. The scene has a soft, muted quality.
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The image shows a side profile silhouette of a seated person facing right towards sheet music on a music stand. Only the upper body is visible, with the head slightly angled downward. The individual's facial features and hair are not distinct due to being backlit. The person appears to be wearing a jacket, but details are unclear. A large, illuminated circular lamp is in the background, along with a faint picture or painting on the wall. The scene has a soft, muted quality.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

"Philemon"

Katherine Sheward Stanbery

Date
1900
Medium
platinum print
Dimensions
mount: 27.3 x 34.9 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.) image: 11.7 x 15 cm (4 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2008.65.16
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • genre
  • American
  • platinum print
  • Musical instrument
Provenance

Private collection; NGA purchase (through Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York), 2008.

Inscription

signed by artist, upper right in graphite: Katherine Sheward Stanbery / 1900

NGA object ID 139522. 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.