Slavic Mother & Child, Ellis Island
Artist
Lewis W. Hine
(American, 1874 - 1940)
Date1905
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 11/16 × 4 3/4 inches (16.99 × 12.07 cm)
Sheet: 7 × 5 inches (17.78 × 12.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 × 5 inches (17.78 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1446
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, in black ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK"
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Slavic mother + child / Ellis Island / (1905 or 1910 [scratched out])?"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "41" [circled];
On sheet verso, center, upside down, in pencil: "G[?]A24053";
On sheet verso lower right, in pencil: "664";
On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "GEH NEG 3768".
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Terms
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1973;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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