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Photograph

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1885-1900

GUSN

GUSN-66471

Description

Woman in profile, framed by ivy; poem on matte in black script

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographs
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Woman
Literature
PICTURE

Label

In exhibit "One Woman's Work: The Visual Art of Celia Thaxter" at the Portsmouth Athenaeum June 29- September 29, 2001. A reproduction was used at SPNEA's One Bowdoin Square Gallery October 2001- April 2002, and at the Museum of New Hampshire History May - October 2002.

Associated Person

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894

Maker

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894 (Maker)

Location of Origin

Isles of Shoals, ME, USA

Dimensions

14.25 x 6.875 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1926.329

Places

Maine (United States)

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