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Portrait of a Woman

1860s

George H. Wood

Associated Names

George H. Wood

Artist, American, 1832 - 1903

The image shows a woman standing in a full-length portrait. She is facing forward with one hand resting on a chair and the other holding a hat. She has dark, neatly styled hair and is wearing a light-colored dress under a dark embroidered cape with a ruffled collar. The background features a painted scenic backdrop of water, trees, and distant hills or mountains. The floor in the foreground has a patterned design.

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Artwork overview

Medium

albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)
Credit Line

Gift of Funds from Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund
Dimensions

image/sheet: 8.9 × 5.4 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 6.1 cm (4 × 2 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

2022.174.13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Harris, Thomas

Inscriptions

on verso, center printed in black ink: GEO. H. WOOD, / PHOTOGRAPHER, / Towanda, Pa.

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