Portrait of a Weaving Mill Woman

c. 1900

Taylor

Associated Names
Taylor

Artist, American, active c. 1900s

The image depicts a young woman standing in a factory setting. She is positioned facing slightly toward the viewer, with her left arm outstretched near machinery. Her hair is short and styled away from her face. She wears a light-colored blouse with short sleeves and a dark ribbon tied at her neck. The background shows rows of machines with threads and spindles in an industrial building.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print (cabinet card)

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 14.1 × 10 cm (5 9/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
    mount: 16.8 × 10.8 cm (6 5/8 × 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.71

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, lower right on mount in brown ink: L. A. &. C.; lower right printed in brown ink: TAYLOR; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top left in graphite underlined: 13EH; top right: KL052

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