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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151697303321

Autore

Fanning Patricia J.

Titolo

Artful Lives : The Francis Watts Lee Family and Their Times / / Patricia J. Fanning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2016

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61376-418-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

770.92

Soggetti

Printers - United States

Photographers - United States

Electronic books.

United States Social life and customs 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Francis Watts Lee -- Agnes Rand Lee -- Harriet Templeton "Peggy" Lee -- Blessed art thou among women -- The daughters of Francis Watts Lee -- The heritage of motherhood -- Alice Stephana Lee -- Marion Lewis Chamberlain Lee -- Francis Watts Lee.

Sommario/riassunto

Francis Watts Lee and his family hold a special place in the history of American photography.F.Holland Day completed a series of remarkable photographs of Lee's daughter Peggy, and the striking portrait of the child and her mother titled Blessed Art Thou among Women is one of Gertrude Käsebier's most iconic compositions.