Portrait of a Family

1907

Dora Alice Felch, Edith E. Felch

Associated Names
Dora Alice Felch

Artist, American, 1882 - 1959

Edith E. Felch

Artist, American, 1875 - 1961

The photograph depicts a group of eight people, both adults and children, in a posed arrangement. The adults are seated on either side, holding children on their laps, while the rest are seated or standing in front. The individuals show calm expressions and wear formal early 20th-century attire. The setting appears to be a professional studio with a plain background. Handwritten notes on the right side indicate the date as March 8, 1919, and mention someone returning home. The border of the photo reads "A Family Group."
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Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, upper right in black ink: Mar. 8, 1907 / Returned home / last Tuesday. / D.A.F.; bottom left: A Family Group.; bottom right embossed: Felch / SANFORD, N. C.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 21.12.RH / AF326; upper center illegible stamp in black ink; upper right green one-cent stamp; by artist, center right in black ink: Miss Lucy L. Eastman, / Meriden, / N. H.

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