"Posing for Her First Picture"

c. 1890

Keystone View Company

Associated Names
Keystone View Company

Artist, American, 1892 - 1963

The image shows an elderly woman standing slightly leaning against a stack of logs. She is facing forward with her body and her right hand resting on the logs. Her left hand holds what seems to be a closed umbrella or parasol. She has distinctive facial features, including high cheekbones and a kind expression, dark skin, and a defined jawline. She wears a dark shawl, a long sleeve dress, a light-colored apron tied around her waist, a dark bonnet covering most of her hair, small earrings in each ear. In the background, there is a wooden structure resembling a shed, a board pathway cutting through an area filled with wood, and a large tree. The setting appears to be outdoors in a rustic environment.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: Keystone View Company,; along right edge: Meadville, Penna.; bottom right: 268-Posing for her first Picture.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF070F / 9.2021JLX [underlined] / F


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