| Creator |
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer. |
| Title |
[Emma Louisa Gutekunst as the "Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe"] [graphic] / F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Date |
[ca. 1875] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 11 x 17 cm (4.25 x 6.5 in.) (cabinet card format) |
| Description |
Full-length portrait of Emma Louisa Gutekunst depicted as the Mother Goose character, the old woman who lived in a shoe. She
wears her hair in bangs and is attired in a long-sleeved dress with a white collar and cuffs. She stands inside an oversized
shoe and holds a doll in her right hand. A variety of different sized dolls are all over the shoe and also on the floor, including
two African American dolls.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Date inferred from active dates of the photographer at the address and depicted age of the sitter. |
|
Photographer's imprint on verso: F. Gutekunst, 712 Arch St., Philadelphia. |
|
Manuscript note written on verso: F. Gutekunst's daughter as the "Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe" (photo he gave me, together
with childhood picture of Adelina Patti).
|
|
Gift of David Doret, 2017. |
| Subject |
Gutekunst, Emma Louisa, 1868-1945 -- Portraits. |
|
Mother Goose. |
|
Black dolls. |
|
Dolls. |
|
Girls -- Portraits. |
|
Shoes. |
|
African American history. |
|
Philadelphia artists. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret Collection – Photos [P.2017.120.140] |
| Accession number |
P.2017.120.140 |
