The Girl with the Violin
The Girl with the Violin

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The Girl with the Violin,

1897

Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-1325
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Title
The Girl with the Violin
Dates

1897

Maker
Clarence H. White
Medium
Platinum print with gouache in original frame
Dimensions
image: 14.7 x 14 cm (5 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.) frame: 22.9 x 22.4 cm (9 x 8 13/16 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
x1983-1325
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Inscribed on mount, verso, in brown ink, top half: Property of Mrs. Clarence/ H. White Inscribed on mount, verso, written and circled in pencil, center: 95
Culture
American
Type
photographs
Techniques
platinum process
Subject
violins, figures (representations), portraits, women, 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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