Miss Grace

c. 1898

Clarence H. White

Associated Names
Clarence H. White

Artist, American, 1871 - 1925

This grayscale photograph shows a young girl sitting on a dark wooden-framed sofa with an opened book on her lap, her head tilted downward to look at it. She has pale skin and her facial features are slightly blurred. She is wearing a light-colored dress with long sleeves, dark stockings, and black shoes. Her long hair is flowing down her shoulders. The room has a patterned carpet and a framed picture on the otherwise blank wall behind her.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    mount: 19.6 x 13.3 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
    image: 19.3 x 13 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.65.24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection; NGA purchase (through Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York), 2008.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1977

  • Symbolism of Light: The Photographs of Clarence H. White. Exh. cat. Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, 1977: plate 16.

Inscriptions

on verso, upper center stamped in black ink: CLARENCE H. WHITE / NEWARK. OHIO.; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: 198; verso mount, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: #3

Wikidata ID

Q64145884

You may be interested in

Loading Results