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Three women are depicted in the image, standing against a stone wall. The woman on the left is seated while the middle woman adjusts her neck scarf. The woman on the right is standing and holding a cloth. All three women have neatly arranged hair and wear headscarves, striped skirts, and blouses. The middle woman also wears a dark cloak. The seated woman wears shiny shoes. The background features a stone wall with visible textures and a cobblestone floor, suggesting an outdoor setting.
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Three women are depicted in the image, standing against a stone wall. The woman on the left is seated while the middle woman adjusts her neck scarf. The woman on the right is standing and holding a cloth. All three women have neatly arranged hair and wear headscarves, striped skirts, and blouses. The middle woman also wears a dark cloak. The seated woman wears shiny shoes. The background features a stone wall with visible textures and a cobblestone floor, suggesting an outdoor setting.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

"The Letter"

David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson

Date
1844-1845
Medium
salted paper print
Dimensions
image: 20.8 × 14.6 cm (8 3/16 × 5 3/4 in.) mount: 22.1 × 16.2 cm (8 11/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2018.7.28
Credit line
Purchased as the Gift of the Richard King Mellon Foundation
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • genre
  • salted paper print
  • Scottish
  • Scotland
  • Women
Provenance

(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 2001; NGA purchase, 2018.

NGA object ID 212253. 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.