Aunt Mary Dines
c. 1865
Artist, 1831 - 1917
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print (carte-de-visite)
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 8.8 × 5.9 cm (3 7/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
mount: 10.3 × 6.3 cm (4 1/16 × 2 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.68
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower center on mount printed in black ink: AUNT MARY. / "Honies, 'twill not be this poor old colored woman, but / I'll be blooming in immortal youth with pains of victory / in my hands, and a crown of dazzling glory on my head."; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF34 / 12.39LHHH; center printed in black ink: F. GUTEKUNST / No. 704 & 706 Arch St. / PHILADELPHIA. / REMOVED TO / 712 ARCH St.; lower center blue two-cent tax stamp with illegible annotations in black ink