Print, Photographic

2008.1008.1.333

2008.1008.1.333

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2008.1008.1.333

Description

Black & white print. Studio pose. Mounted on tan paperboard with indented frame around image. 3/4 length portrait of a young boy & girl posed in front of a painted backdrop. Girl is standing with her right hand holding the back of a wooden chair behind her & her left arm over the boy's shoulders. She is wearing a white vertically pleated dress with long sleeves & a wide, round collar that has a large bow on right side. Her hair is styled in ringlets. Boy is seated & is wearing dark tights, dark striped knickers, dark jacket & white shirt. His hair curls at sides. Written on back in black ink: "Josephine Phelan Harry Phelan Rawlins Wyo" "Mr. Phelan was in sheep business with dad & uncle" Mounted on acidic paperboard. Paperboard soiled & cut down from original size - edges uneven. Lower left & upper right corners bent; damage to other corners. Image surface scratched -spots of emulsion missing at lower right side.

Collection

Cook, Barbara