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1904

  • Work on this object began.

1956

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Photograph, A Tap at the Squire's Door

This is a Photograph. It was created by Wallace Nutting. It is dated 1904 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: 24.5 × 19.2 cm (9 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.) Mount: 39.2 × 29.5 cm (15 7/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite on mount, lower right: Wallace Nutting

It is inscribed

Inscribed in photographic process, lower right: COPYRIGHT 1904 BY W. NUTTING; in graphite on mount, lower left: A Tap at the Squire's Door

Cite this object as

Photograph, A Tap at the Squire's Door; Wallace Nutting (1861 – 1942); USA; hand-colored platinum print laid down on cream wove paper; Image: 24.5 × 19.2 cm (9 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.) Mount: 39.2 × 29.5 cm (15 7/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell; 1956-42-5

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