“Baby Seated in a Wooden Spindle Back Chair”
/La Motte Studio’s Portrait Photograph of a “Baby Seated in a Wooden Spindle Back Chair”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LA MOTTE STUDIO was owned and operated by Wesley La Motte Shattuck between October 1907 and July 1908, by E. D. Weston between July 1908 and October 1908, and by William M. Gray between October 1908 and October 1909. Portraits bearing the La Motte Studio imprint were taken by one of these three photographers. (For additional information on these photographers and to view all portraits bearing the La Motte Studio imprint in the collection, click on the studio’s name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: Smiling slightly, this baby sits calmly in a wooden spindle-back chair. The baby’s hair is center-parted, allowing us to surmise the baby is a girl. She appears completely at ease. Looking up patiently to the viewer’s left, she maintains an open pose holding her right arm at her side and her left on her lap. She wears a necklace with a prominent cross and a white dress with puff sleeves and a scalloped hem.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
Medium: matte collodion photographic print with embossed rectangular cardstock mount
Description, front: This portrait has been placed within the embossed, dark gray, vertical rectangle of a lighter gray card. Embossed on a diagonal at the bottom right corner of the card is the La Motte Studio imprint.
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is either blank or contains only the portrait’s accession number.
Date: October 1907 - October 1909
Condition: This cabinet card is soiled and has several, small, black dots in the center bottom.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission.
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