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02-037; Portrait of a Young Girl

1880-1889
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
UnCased Tintype c. 1880-1885
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 2.625" x 3.25"

A traveling photographer most likely took this portrait of a young girl seated before a quilt she or a member of her family made. The quilt is hung on wooden large planked vertical siding in lieu of a studio painted backdrop, and the subject is seated outdoors as evidenced by the ground covering. The quilt's printed fabric squares are set on-point with a printed fabric sashing and setting squares throughout.

-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).

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