The Hen Wife
1860s
James Valentine
Associated Names
James Valentine
Artist, Scottish, 1815 - 1879
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Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 18.7 × 23.8 cm (7 3/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
mount: 33 × 42.2 cm (13 × 16 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2025.97.7
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Christie's, London, 1989); Charles Isaacs, New York; gift to NGA, 2025.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by artist, lower right on mount in black ink: The Hen Wife; by unknown hand, bottom right on mount in graphite: E1069; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: E1069