Now that I'm back home, I'm delighted to create a Sepia Saturday post. This week I searched the Library of Congress for some photos of girls on chairs.
Little Girl in Curved Chair. France, 1918. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017675129/.
Du Bois, W. E. B. , Collector. African American girl, full-length portrait, seated in chair, head resting on right hand, facing front. Georgia, 1899. [or 1900] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99472097/.
Two Unidentified Girls, Full-Length Portraits, Seated on Chairs Next to Table With Tablecloth. , None. [Between 1850 and 1860] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004664364/.
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The kids in these posts all look so wideeyed and serious.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kristin, they all look too serious, especially the two sisters. It's as if they've never seen a camera before and don't know what will happen.
ReplyDeleteThey are all very cute and seem in awe of the camera.
ReplyDeleteThree lovely photogrpahs, spot on the match. My favourite is the first image - she is so bonny. The second little girl looks totally fed up of the whole exercise - an elaborate chair and a fur cushion seem to be the fashionable setting for such portraits both sides of the Atlantic (see my post)
ReplyDeleteHard to believe that one is an African American girl...I wonder if she could "pass." Those last two not only had a table next to them on one side (as we are led to look at) but a hand on the other side, which was probably going to position them again if they wiggled.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine the sisters' parent off camera giving them instructions.
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