Mother and child [Josephine Hamill]
Mother and child [Josephine Hamill]

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Mother and child [Josephine Hamill],

ca. 1900

Gertrude Käsebier, 1852–1934; born Des Moines, IA; died New York, NY
x1983-1517

Information

Title
Mother and child [Josephine Hamill]
Dates

ca. 1900

Maker
Gertrude Käsebier
Medium
[Gum bichromate or platinum print?]
Dimensions
image: 21.5 × 16.3 cm (8 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.) sheet: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.) mount: 23.4 × 20.4 cm (9 3/16 × 8 1/16 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
x1983-1517
Place Made

North America, United States

Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Materials
gum arabic, adhesive, pigment, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
gum bichromate process, mounting
Subject
figures (representations), women, child, mothers, gardens (open spaces)

Created by Gertrude Käsebier, the artist. Acquired by Clarence H. White Sr., between ca. 1900 and July 7, 1925; 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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