Chat About the Hand, portrait of Helen Keller and Joseph Jefferson

Artist Gilbert Studios Inc. (American, 1886 - 1911)

Date1902

MediumCollodion print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 15/16 inches (22.23 × 17.6 cm)
Mount: 11 × 8 5/16 inches (27.94 × 21.11 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2020.7.30

SignedOn mount recto, bottom, in gold type: "C.M. Gilbert / Cor. F & Eleventh Sts. / Washington, D.C."

InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in pencil: "Helen Keller / Joseph Jefferson"; On mount verso, upper left, on white label, in black pen: “Chat about the Hand / Miss Keller – Joseph Jefferson. / Photo 1902”; On mount verso, upper left (behind label), in black type: "high Art / Photography"; On mount verso, upper right, red stamp with pencil: "PLATE WANTED..." [crossed out]; On mount verso, center, in black type: “Gilbert [emblem] Studios / Studios / 923 CHESTNUT ST. / PHILADA / COR. F & ELEVENTH STS. / WASHINGTON, / D.C.”; On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: “May 14, 1915 / Bought from Geo J. Beyer, Dealer / who bought from the Century Co. / [?] Meserve [?]”; On mount verso, bottom, in black type: “DUPLICATES OF THIS PHOTO: AT REDUCED RATES.”.

MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: “x8”

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DescriptionImage of a smiling woman standing in profile beside a man who is seated in an ornately carved wooden chair. The woman is wearing a light colored dress with a high collar and lace trimmings; her hands are touching the man's mouth. He's wearing a suit with a checkered bow tie; he reaches up with one hand to touch the woman's arm.Provenance

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Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.

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