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The image shows a woman standing upright with her body slightly turned to the side and her head facing forward. She has a neutral expression and her hair is pulled back. She is wearing a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress with a high neckline, white collar, and buttons down the front. Her left hand rests on an upholstered piece of furniture with fringed detailing. The background is plain with a small trim along the lower perimeter.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
Alice
Elias M. Recher
- Date
- c. 1860
- Medium
- albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)
- Dimensions
- image/sheet: 9.3 × 5.8 cm (3 11/16 × 2 5/16 in.) mount: 9.9 × 6.2 cm (3 7/8 × 2 7/16 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2023.39.47
- Credit line
- Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CPH
Subjects and terms
- portrait
- American
- albumen silver print
- Woman
- African American
- CDV
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Inscription
on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in brown ink: This [by unknown hand in graphite: is] Alice the nurse / one of our little [illegible]; center printed in black ink: E. M. Recher, / PHOTOGRAPHER, / HAGERSTOWN, / MD. / NEGATIVE PRESERVED; by Ross Kelbaugh, bottom left in graphite: 1.2021 GAL / AF026C
NGA object ID 227065. 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.