Portrait of a Woman

J. Scott Johnson, c. 1890

The image depicts a woman sitting on a chair, captured from the side. She is turned slightly sideways, with her left arm resting on the backrest of the chair and her right hand on her lap. Her face is in profile,… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: J. Scott Johnson ¹
Date: c. 1890 ¹
Medium: gelatin silver print (cabinet card) ¹
Original: 8,034 × 12,200 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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