Description: |
The collection consists of three photographs of writer and designer Edith Wharton (American, 1862-1937). Select item-level descriptions follow.
P1-- Edith Wharton, undated. Gelatin silver print. Photographic reproduction of a half-tone print of a full-length profile portrait;
981:0052:0001 -- Edith Wharton with dog, 1907?. Gelatin silver print (postcard). Portrait of Wharton in dark dress and large hat, seated on a chair, with a dog on her lap, on a garden path. An inscription in French from "Charley" is located at the bottom of the print recto. Wharton addressed the postcard to "Monsieur Fullerton" (W. Morton Fullerton);
981:0052:0002 -- Unidentified young woman reclining on a daybed, undated. Gelatin silver print. Inscription in French on print recto.
Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.
This collection forms a part of the larger Literary Files Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures. |
