The Empty Cradle

Artist John K. Hillers (American, born Germany, 1843 - 1925)

Dateca. 1875

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 4 1/4 × 6 3/16 inches (10.8 × 15.72 cm)
Mount: 4 7/16 × 7 inches (11.27 × 17.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3687

SignedOn mount verso, center, purple label, in black type: "PHOTOGRAPHED BY HILLERS."

InscribedOn mount verso, center, purple label, in black type: "Department of the Interior, / U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mount Region. / J.W. POWELL, Geologist in charge. / INDIANS OF THE COLORADO VALLEY. / KAI-VAV-ITS. / A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the / Colorado, in Northern Arizona. / THE EMPTY CRADLE. / NO. 9.".

MarkingsOn mount verso, right edge, in black pen: "A.S. Heacher / No. 555"

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DescriptionImage of a young woman sitting outside beside a handmade cradle.

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