Dorothy: from “A Loan Collection of Photographs Exhibited by Davis & Banister”

Dorothy: from “A Loan Collection of Photographs Exhibited by Davis & Banister”

This is one of the original mounted exhibition prints by C.R. Tucker of daughter Dorothy Tucker. (1899-1986) It was shown in the 1906 amateur photographic exhibition: A Loan Collection of Photographs Exhibited by Davis & Banister”, which took place in Worcester, MA from April 23rd to 30th that year.

Charles Rollins Tucker, 1868-1956.

See our in-depth blog posts with links below: Revealed: C.R. Tucker: Restless Wanderer with a Camera, & Rescued: Dorothy Tucker: For the Love of a Daughter, to learn more.

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Dorothy: from “A Loan Collection of Photographs Exhibited by Davis & Banister”
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Dimensions

Image Dimensions9.4 x 6.9 cm corner glued

Support Dimensions26.3 x 17.9 cm brown art paper mount

Print Notes

Recto: White paper exhibition label: 76, affixed to LL corner of mount; age of subject and thus print a guesstimate based on known birth year.

Verso: Title written in white ink by photographer at UL margin: Dorothy; at UR margin: C.R. Tucker; 76 in graphite to center of mount.

 

Provenance

Purchased for this archive in 2010 from dealer in PA. The photograph had been owned by photographer Charles Rollins Tucker: 1868-1956, whose many works can be seen in this archive.