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A Brown study. [graphic] / Helen M. Gatch, Photo.
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Creator
Gatch, Helen M., photographer.
Contributor
New York Photo Gravure Company, publisher.
Title
A Brown study. [graphic] / Helen M. Gatch, Photo.
Publisher
New York : N.Y. Photogravure Co
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1890
Date
[ca. 1890]
Physical Description
1 photomechanical reproduction : photogravure ; sheet 34 x 27 cm (13.5 x 10.5 in.)
Description
Full-length portrait study, possibly used as a book illustration, depicting a young African American girl standing in front of a wheelbarrow. The girl, attired in a brimmed hat, a white collared shirt, a jacket, a skirt, and shoes, holds the handle of the wheelbarrow with her right hand and holds a rock in her left hand as she looks at the viewer. Behind her, steps leading to a porch stocked with supplies in wooden crates and sacks are visible. Sheets hang on a clothesline over the porch.
Notes
Title from item.
Probably Helen P. Gatch (1861-1942), a turn-of-the-century pictorial photographer whose prize-winning photographs were widely published and exhibited.
Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner, 1984.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
African American girls -- Portraits.
Porches.
Wheelbarrows.
Genre
Photogravures -- 1890-1900.
Portraits -- 1890-1900.
Printer
New York Photo Gravure Company, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait photographs - photographer - Gatch [P.9057.158]
Accession number
P.9057.158
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African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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