Portrait of Four Women Weavers

1870s

Moses W. Emerson

Associated Names
Moses W. Emerson

Artist, American, 1831 - 1914

The image shows four women posing for a portrait. Two women are seated in front, while two are standing behind them. The women have different hairstyles and wear various dresses. They are positioned against a blank backdrop. The photograph is colored and framed with textured cardboard, labeled with "EMERSON, Lowell."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    tintype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 7.7 × 5.1 cm (3 1/16 × 2 in.)
    mat: 10 × 6.9 cm (3 15/16 × 2 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.63

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

bottom left of mat printed in black ink: EMERSON.; bottom right: Lowell.; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in black ink on applied sticker: #004; by Ross Kelbaugh, upper left in graphite on applied sticker: KL040 / 13JJ; center on applied sticker: KL040 / 13JJ

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