Mother drying child (advertising illustration) [1/2]
Mother drying child (advertising illustration) [1/2]

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Mother drying child (advertising illustration) [1/2],

ca. 1919

Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-668

Information

Title
Mother drying child (advertising illustration) [1/2]
Dates

ca. 1919

Maker
Clarence H. White
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
sheet: 23.5 x 16.4 cm (9 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.) mount (1): 32.5 x 23.9 cm (12 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.) mount (2): 46.6 x 33.7 cm (18 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.) mat opening: 24.6 x 17 cm (9 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.) mat: 50.9 x 40.6 cm (20 1/16 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
The Clarence H. White Collection, assembled and organized by Professor Clarence H. White Jr., and given in memory of Lewis F. White, Dr. Maynard P. White Sr., and Clarence H. White Jr., the sons of Clarence H. White Sr. and Jane Felix White
Object Number
x1983-668
Place Made

North America, United States

Signatures
Signed on mount(1), recto, in pencil, below right side of photo: Clarence H. White 20
Inscription
Inscribed on mat(2), recto, in black ink, top left corner: No 33 Inscribed on mat(2), recto, in black ink, left side: John Burroughs. Platinum print./ Property of Mrs.Clarence H. White Inscribed on mat(2), recto, in pencil, bottom center: 31
Culture
American
Type
photographs
Subject
advertisements, figures (representations), mother and child, child, illustrations, women, children (people by age group), mothers, nudes, interior spaces

Created by Clarence H. White Sr., the artist; by descent to Clarence H. White Jr., on or after July 8, 1925 [1]; by descent to Clarence H. White Jr.’s widow, Ruth Royer White, 1978 [2]; bequest, to Princeton University Art Museum, 1983 [3].
Notes:
[1]. Possibly on the occasion of Clarence H. White Sr.’s death, as part of the Clarence H. White Collection.
[2]. On the occasion of Clarence H. White Jr.’s death.
[3]. Carried out by Ruth Royer White on behalf of Clarence H. White Jr.

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