Photograph of a woman on a settee
- Photograph by
- Kriegsmann, James J., 1909 - 1994
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- ca. 1955
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 3/8 × 7 9/16 in. (23.8 × 19.2 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.7 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a woman seated on a settee. The woman is depicted against a light colored, draped, fabric background. She is seated with her proper right arm resting on the carved wooden arm of the fabric covered settee. She is wearing a light toned, strapless, lacey dress. Her proper left arm rests on her lap and a small hydrangea bouquet rests on top of her hand. The fingers of her proper right hand rest on top of the hydrangea bouquet. She is wearing a choker with three rows of clear stones and single, clear stone earrings. There is an inscription in black ink across the center of the photograph, that reads, [To a real Sincere[?] friend. / Lauri you know I / mean it / is [---?]r / Elaine]. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative in the bottom right corner reads, [James J. / Kriegsmann /N.Y.]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.154
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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