T. L. Harris
Date1898
Artist
Gertrude Käsebier
(American photographer, 1852–1934)
MediumPlatinum print
Dimensionsimage: 6 5/16 × 2 1/2 in. (16 × 6.4 cm)
sheet: 6 5/16 × 2 1/2 in. (16 × 6.4 cm)
support: 12 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (32.4 × 14.9 cm)
sheet: 6 5/16 × 2 1/2 in. (16 × 6.4 cm)
support: 12 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (32.4 × 14.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Nathan M. Clark, 2021
Object number2021-58
On View
On viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextKäsebier depicted Harris as a painter in a beret and smock, holding a palette and brushes. With its self-consciously artistic subject matter, soft focus, and long, narrow format, the photograph conveys an aesthetic sensibility typical of pictorialist photography around 1900.
