Portrait of a Girl

c. 1884

Pifer & Becker

Associated Names
Pifer & Becker

Artist, American, active 1892 - 1897

The image features a sepia-toned portrait showing the upper half of a young girl's body. She is posed facing slightly to the right, with her gaze directed away from the camera. Her hair is styled with neat curls cascading down the sides and bangs combed to the side. The girl is wearing a dark dress with a large white collar and a plaid bow at the neck. The background is off-white, with a decorative border surrounding the image. The mount at the bottom of the photograph identifies the studio as "Pifer & Becker, Wilshire Building, Cleveland, Ohio."

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Provenance

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

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Inscriptions

lower left on mount printed in gold: Pifer & Becker; lower right: WILSHIRE BUILDING, / CLEVELAND, OHIO.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF257 / JL [underlined]; center printed in gold: Pifer & Becker / PHOTO-PALACE; lower left: BY SENDING NAME / COPIES / CAN ALWAYS BE OBTAINED / OF THIS / OR ANY OTHER PICTURE; lower right: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 & 100 / WILSHIRE BUILDING, / SUPERIOR ST. TAKE ELEVATOR. / CLEVELAND, OHIO, U.S.A.; bottom center: PICTURES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION COPIED AND ENLARGED.

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