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Call Number:

PH-01347

Collection Name:

George Frank Edgar Pearsall Photography Collection

Creator:

Pearsall, George Frank Edgar, 1841 - 1927, active 1860/1869 - 1910/1919

Whitman, Walt, 1819 - 1892

No. of Items:

2 items

Span Dates:

circa 1870- circa 1890

Description:

The collection consists of two photographs by George Frank Edgar Pearsall (American, 1841-1927). Item-level information follows.

964:0655:0001 -- Portrait of Walt Whitman, September 1872. Albumen print;
986:0001:0001 -- Bust portrait of an unidentified woman, circa 1890. Platinum print.

Accession No(s):

964:0655:0001 -- Purchase, 1963; 964:0655:0001; 986:0001:0001; 986:0001:0001 -- Internal transfer

Location(s):

P Box, Small (964:0655:0001; 986:0001:0001)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Pearsall, George Frank Edgar, 1841 - 1927, active 1860/1869 - 1910/1919
Title	[Walt Whitman portrait]
Date	September, 1872
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	13.8 x 9.8 cm; 5 2/5 x 3 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0655:0001

Artist/Maker	Pearsall, George Frank Edgar, 1841 - 1927, active 1860/1869 - 1910/1919
Title	[Bust portrait of an unidentified woman]
Date	circa 1890
Medium	Platinum print
Dimensions	14.3 x 9.7 cm; 5 3/5 x 3 4/5 in
Accession Number	986:0001:0001

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