19thc Removed Black Nanny White Child Tintype Photo
$1,500.00
A significant image, the painstaking intent to erase speaks volumes. The following measures have been taken to obfuscate any hint of the Reconstruction Era nurse beyond any I've ever seen employed in a 'Hidden Mother'. She is dressed in upholstery fabric, an empty Windsor chair is positioned solely to cover the implication of the hand HOLDING the baby, the developer...
A significant image, the painstaking intent to erase speaks volumes.
The following measures have been taken to obfuscate any hint of the Reconstruction Era nurse beyond any I've ever seen employed in a 'Hidden Mother'.
She is dressed in upholstery fabric, an empty Windsor chair is positioned solely to cover the implication of the hand HOLDING the baby, the developer has emphatically painted out her ENTIRE face in the negative and framed out that last bit of blackness - the hand by which the baby is literally supported to hide under the paper mat.
What’s left is a literal negative of human form.
1/6 plate measures 2.5 x 3.5”. Spot DOES affect where the woman’s face should be, emulsion wear and rust to edges. Wrinkle top right.
Sleeve High Neck Bodycon Dress
$132.00
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