[Woman sewing while boy watches]

Unknownabout 1870–1890

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A woman in a full skirt seated and sewing a piece of fabric in her lap. There is a stack of fabric balanced on her head. Aboy wearing a hat is standing in front of her. He is wearing tattered clothes and has multiple ribbons tied up his legs.

Details

Title: [Woman sewing while boy watches]
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: about 1870–1890
Physical Dimensions: 13.8 × 9.6 cm (5 7/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Type: Print
External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
Medium: Albumen silver print
Terms of Use: Open Content
Number: 84.XP.1427.57
Culture: French
Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Creator Display Name: Unknown maker, French
Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)

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