Sculpture titled The Forced Prayer

Artist Centennial Photographic Co. (American, active 1870s-1880s)

Date1876

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 15/16 × 6 1/4 inches (10 × 15.88 cm)
Mount: 4 1/4 × 7 inches (10.8 × 17.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3769

SignedOn mount verso, top, in black type: "1776 - 1876 / Centennial Photographic Co. International Exhibition / PHILADELPHIA. / REGISTERED 1876 BY THE CENTENNIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY. / WM NOTMAN, President / EDWARD L. WILSON, Supt & Treasurer. / W. IRVING ADAMS, Vice Prest. / J.A. FRASER, Art Superintendent."

InscribedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "Centennial Photographic Co. Philad'a."; On mount recto, right edge, in black type: "International Exhibition, 1876."

MarkingsOn mount verso, right edge, in pencil: "Liule"

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DescriptionImage of a standing figurative sculpture on a pedestal titled "The Forced Prayer". A frowning child holds palms together near chin.

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