Jenny

1860s

Jordan & Co.

Associated Names
Jordan & Co.

Artist, American, active 1846 - 1880s

The image shows a woman from the waist up, sitting in a relaxed position with her right arm resting on a chair. She has a composed expression on her face, with subtle facial features and wears a headscarf wrapped around her hair. She is dressed in a patterned dress with long sleeves and a high collar, adorned with lace trim at the sleeve cuffs. The dress has a repeating pattern. She wears a brooch or pendant around her neck. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    Robert Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 8.9 × 5.4 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.)
    mount: 10.1 × 6.1 cm (4 × 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.174.36

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: MJ; upper center in black ink: Jenny, Mrs. Cousin's / nurse - & to her / children - a faithful / servant.; center printed in black ink: JORDAN & Co. / late Bogardus / 229 GREENWICH ST. / ESTABLISHED / 1846.; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: "Jenny, Mrs. Cousin's nurse & her / children-- a faithful servant"; bottom left: NYPHS-11/93

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