T. L. Harris
Date1898
Artist
Gertrude Käsebier
(American photographer, 1852–1934)
MediumPlatinum print
Dimensionssheet: 6 9/16 × 2 3/16 in. (16.7 × 5.6 cm)
support: 8 7/16 × 2 7/16 in. (21.4 × 6.2 cm)
support: 8 7/16 × 2 7/16 in. (21.4 × 6.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Nathan M. Clark, 2021
Object number2021-60
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextAlmost nothing is known about this photograph of Käsebier's assistant, Tom Harris, in a dress. Wearing flowers in his hair and a narrow, off-shoulder dress, he looks like he could have stepped out of a poster by Alphonse Mucha. An inscription suggests this print might have been related to amateur theatricals. It also may have been a trial for a composition by Käsebier or by Harris, who was also a photographer working in a pictorialist style.
