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GUSN-187894
The image is a group portrait of two women (Elinor Curtis and an unidentified woman) and a man dressed in costume. They are all seated, facing front, in chairs on an intricate carpet. The man wears breeches, a powdered wig and fancy shoes. He is speaking to a women wearing a bonnet, fingerless gloves, and an empire-waist dress. Elinor Curtis wears a large bonnet, a shawl, fingerless gloves and holds a purse. She is not engaged in conversation with the others in the picture.
costumes (character dress)
bonnets (hats)
group portraits
floor coverings
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
1 photograph
PC023
Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection
1979
PC023.TMP.005
Gift
Curtis, Harriot Sumner (Appleton), 1841-1923 (Photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Hopkinson, Elinor Curtis, 1869-1947
Item
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