Mother and Child (Jane Felix White and Maynard)
Mother and Child (Jane Felix White and Maynard)

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Mother and Child (Jane Felix White and Maynard),

ca. 1905

Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-667

Information

Title
Mother and Child (Jane Felix White and Maynard)
Dates

ca. 1905

Maker
Clarence H. White
Medium
Waxed platinum print
Dimensions
sheet: 23.5 x 16.3 cm (9 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.) mount (1): 25.1 x 17.4 cm (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.) mount (2): 43.8 x 32.7 cm (17 1/4 x 12 7/8 in.) opening: 24.8 x 16.8 cm (9 3/4 x 6 5/8 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
x1983-667
Place Made

North America, United States

Signatures
Signed on photo, recto, in red ink, bottom right corner: CHW Signed on mount(1), recto, in pencil, below right side of photo: Clarence H. White
Inscription
Inscribed on mat, verso, written and circled in blue pencil, top left corner: 314 Inscribed on mat, verso, in red pencil, sideways, top right corner: B Inscribed on mat, verso, in ink, upper left: Jane Felix White and her son Maynard - about 1915 Inscribed on mat, verso, in pencil, upper left: D Inscribed on mat, verso, in pencil, bottom left corner: 2.1950
Culture
American
Type
photographs
Materials
wax
Techniques
platinum process
Subject
figures (representations), mother and child, child, portraits, women, sons, mothers

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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