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The image depicts a woman cutting fabric at a table while a young girl sits on a cushion on the floor beside her. The woman has her hair styled in a bun and wears a dark long-sleeved dress with an apron. The young girl wears a dress with striped sleeves under a frilly apron and has curly hair. Various pieces of fabric are scattered on the floor around them. The background consists of a plain, neutral wall and a patterned carpet underfoot.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
"Pearl Keller, 18 Months Old, and Ada Sylvester"
Gottlieb Keller
- Date
- c. 1893
- Medium
- collodion print (cabinet card)
- Dimensions
- image/sheet: 14.1 × 9.9 cm (5 9/16 × 3 7/8 in.) mount: 16.5 × 10.9 cm (6 1/2 × 4 5/16 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2023.146.68
- Credit line
- The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection
- Time span
- 1876 to 1900
- Department
- CPH
Subjects and terms
- portrait
- American
- albumen silver print
- Child
- Woman
- Labor
- Girl
- Cabinet Card
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; gift to NGA, 2023.
Inscription
lower left on mount embossed: Keller; lower center: GK; lower right: MENDOTA, / ILL.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 416EL / KL049; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: Pearl Keller / 18 Months Old / & / Ada Sylvester
NGA object ID 227344. 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.