Portrait of F. Hopkinson Smith, reading paper [2/4]
Portrait of F. Hopkinson Smith, reading paper [2/4]

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Portrait of F. Hopkinson Smith, reading paper [2/4],

ca. 1915

Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-1083

Information

Title
Portrait of F. Hopkinson Smith, reading paper [2/4]
Dates

ca. 1915

Maker
Clarence H. White
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
image: 24.3 x 18.4 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/4 in.) mount (1): 25 x 19 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.) mount (2): 32.7 x 24.1 cm (12 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.) ..mount (3): 45.5 x 35.3 cm (17 15/16 x 13 7/8 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
x1983-1083
Place Made

North America, United States

Signatures
Signed on photo, recto, in red ink, bottom right: CHW Signed on mount(2), recto, in pencil, below right side of photo: Clarence H. White
Inscription
Inscribed on mount(2), recto, in pencil, below left side of photo: F Hopkinson Smith Inscribed on mat(3), verso, in pencil, top: F. Hopkinson Smith
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, platinum prints
Techniques
platinum process
Subject
men, figures (representations), portraits, 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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