Portrait of a Girl

c. 1857

Oliver H. Willard

Associated Names
Oliver H. Willard

Artist, American, 1828 - 1875

The image shows a young girl from the waist up. She is standing with her left hand resting on a table draped with a patterned cloth. Her facial features are soft, with a smooth complexion, and her expression is neutral. She has straight, dark hair that is neatly parted down the middle and pulled back tightly, allowing her ears to be visible. She is wearing a long-sleeved, buttoned-up dress with thick ruffled accents on the sleeves and shoulders, and a lighter skirt peeks out from underneath the dark fabric. The surrounding environment is simple, with the ornate tablecloth adding some texture to the otherwise plain background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 22.5 × 17 cm (8 7/8 × 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.145.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 1998; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: N1300


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