Created by
Rev. Anderson, Henry Clay, American, 1911 - 1998
Subject of
Unidentified Child or Children
Date
1950s
Medium
silver, watercolor, and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Sheet): 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Description
A silver gelatin print hand-tinted with watercolors. A large wooden bench tilts through the entire middle width of the frame. The boy sits on this bench with his right leg pulled close to his torso and held in place with his right hand resting on his right ankle and his left hand resting on his right foot. His left leg hands over the bench ledge. The wall behind him is tinted sea foam green and the bench and floor are tinted brown.
Place made
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
photographic prints
portraits
Topic
Children
Families
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
Object number
2012.137.2.7
Restrictions & Rights
© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e4a54890-1fe7-409d-bc46-fa03b966b283

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