F.A. Lee and Daughter

W. G. Smith, 1867

The image depicts a young girl and an older man in formal attire in a studio setting. The girl stands next to the seated man, with her left hand on his shoulder and her right hand holding a straw hat. She wears a… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: W. G. Smith ¹
Date: 1867 ¹
Medium: albumen silver print (carte-de-visite) ¹
Original: 4,393 × 7,206 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Funds from Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

Lavorazione del Marmo di Arzo (a Riva San Vitale); processo di taglio, Heinz Plenge

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