Portrait of Two Boys

c. 1900

Herber Jones

Associated Names
Herber Jones

Artist, American, died 1925

The photograph features two young boys standing side by side. The boy on the left has light-colored short hair and is standing with one leg slightly bent. He rests his arm on the chair's armrest. The boy on the right has short dark hair and leans with his arm on an ornately carved wooden chair. Both boys wear matching outfits with dark jackets, light-colored collars, knee-length shorts, and high-button boots. The backdrop is a plain wall with visible floor. Additionally, there are two chairs in the image: an upholstered chair with fringe on the left and an ornately carved wooden chair with patterned fabric on the right.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left on mount printed brown ink: JONES,; lower center: Fine Art Studios.; lower right: JEFFERSONVILLE / AND / SEDALIA, O.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: JH / 3.2022 / AF042D