Female Head Study, Solarized?

Photographer Anonymous

CountryUnited States

MediumCyanotype, Gelatin Silver

Year1900-1920

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Fashion, Manipulated photograph, Portrait: Children

Dimensions


Support Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.2 cm includes image


Associated Blog Posts:

Old Nasty Women


This curious head study of a young woman is believed to be from the United States, as it was acquired in 2016 by this archive from a gentleman who believed he had originally collected it at an antiques market in the state of Massachusetts 35 years before.

 

Resembling a solarized photograph, or perhaps one printed in negative, it would appear to be a combination print of gelatin-silver over a cyanotype. The girls’ head sports a large hair-bow at upper left.

 

Observations or insight always welcome!

Female Head Study, Solarized?