The Amateur Photographer
Datec. 1892
Artist
Clawson Shakespeare Hammitt
(American painter, 1857–1927)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions39 1/4 × 31 in. (99.7 × 78.7 cm)
frame: 47 × 39 in. (119.4 × 99.1 cm)
frame: 47 × 39 in. (119.4 × 99.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. R. Russell Pippin, 1991
Object number1991-56
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextWith the introduction of the inexpensive and easy-to-use box camera in 1888, amateur photography became a full-blown fad. Here an amateur photographer poses a pretty girl on a fence. The photographer's suit, with knickers instead of full length trousers, may imply that he is also a cyclist, another craze in the 1890s.
