Portrait of a Newspaper Boy

c. 1900

William C. Bell

Associated Names
William C. Bell

Artist, American, died 1944

The image depicts a young boy standing upright, facing slightly to the left. He has short, neatly combed hair and a neutral expression. The boy is wearing a checkered jacket and pants, a shirt, and a loosely tied bow tie. He holds a stack of newspapers under one arm with a strap over his shoulder. The background is a plain, textured backdrop. At the bottom, there is a signature, "W.C. Bell", and an address, "No. 6 West Market St., York, Pa."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (cabinet card)

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 13.6 × 9.8 cm (5 3/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
    mount: 16.4 × 10.6 cm (6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.89

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left on mount printed in brown ink: W.C. Bell; lower right: No. 6 WEST MARKET ST., / YORK, PA.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top left in graphite: DL; top right: KL072; upper left printed in brown ink: INSTANTANEOUS / process / used / exclusively; center: W.C. Bell / ART / PHOTOGRAPHY.; lower center: No. 6 West Market St., / York, Penna. / Negatives Preserved / Duplicates can be had at any time.

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