Girl in witch costume

Dateca. 1880

MediumTintype

DimensionsPlate (half): 7 × 5 inches (17.78 × 12.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.337

Signednone

InscribedInscribed on image/plate recto, upper left corner, etched: "Emily Tuttle Martin / Fairy Baneful in Sleeping / Beauty"

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DescriptionHandcolored image of young girl with rosy cheeks and long hair posing in front of a woodland scene while dressed as a witch; she's standing in three-quarter profile and leaning forward to rest her hands on a twisted cane. She's wearing a long pleated dress with ruffles at the cuffs, a pointed hat, and round spectacles.Provenance

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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