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Clara L. White as a Child

1885–86

America

Medium
Matte collodion with hand-applied crayon and paint
Measurements
Image: 11.4 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Framed: 15.4 x 12.9 x 1.8 cm (6 1/16 x 5 1/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Nina Rosenblum and Lisa Rosenblum 2024.17
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There is a black-and-white photograph underneath all the paint here.

Description

Virtuoso painting is possible on this very intimate scale, yielding an image that lies on the border between the worlds of photography and the painted miniature. Because the subject’s name and life dates were written on the back, we have found out that White (1883–1987), who never married, spent her life in the vicinity of Winchester, Connecticut, and worked at least into her late sixties as a stenographer and later, secretary to the principal of a school.
A hand-colored oval photograph depicts a young girl with light skin tone from the waist up, facing us with light eyes. Her brown hair is held by a headband, with one lock falling over her shoulder to our right. She wears a white, lace-trimmed dress with a blue sash and a thin gold necklace. Her hands rest in her lap against a muted background, framed in dark wood with a beaded gold rim.

Clara L. White as a Child

1885–86

America

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