Portrait of a Ballet Dancer

c. 1860

Thomas Rice Burnham

Associated Names
Thomas Rice Burnham

Artist, American, 1834 - 1893

The image shows a woman standing in a dancer's pose. She is angled slightly away from the camera, with her head turned towards the viewer and her arms crossed in front of her waist. She has a soft expression on her face, styled hair with a floral headpiece, and is wearing a fitted bodice with a voluminous skirt, ballet shoes, and a bracelet on her right wrist. The background consists of a plain wall and a geometric patterned floor.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 9.35 × 5.7 cm (3 11/16 × 2 1/4 in.)
    mount: 10.15 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.12.21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York), late 1990s; NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, center printed in black ink: T. R. BURNHAM, / PHOTOGRAPHER, / 247 / WASHINGTON STREET / BOSTON.

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