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1912

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1956

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Photograph, Dainty China

This is a Photograph. It was created by Wallace Nutting. It is dated 1912 and we acquired it in 1956. Its medium is hand-colored platinum print laid down on cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mary M. Kenway. It is credited Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell.

Its dimensions are

Image: 19 × 13.5 cm (7 1/2 × 5 5/16 in.) Mount: 24 × 29.7 cm (9 7/16 × 11 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and ink, lower left: Copt 1912 by W Nutting; signed in pen and ink on mount, lower right: Wallace Nutting

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink on mount, lower left: Dainty China

Cite this object as

Photograph, Dainty China; Wallace Nutting (1861 – 1942); USA; hand-colored platinum print laid down on cream wove paper; Image: 19 × 13.5 cm (7 1/2 × 5 5/16 in.) Mount: 24 × 29.7 cm (9 7/16 × 11 11/16 in.); Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell; 1956-42-4

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