Object number2002.44.5

The Witch of the Black Mere, Portrayed by Theora

Date1940s

Artist Frederic Shaw (American, active 1930s-1950s)

CultureAmerican

MediumModified gelatin silver print and gelatin silver print on pencil inscribed mount

DimensionsMatted: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Sheet: 18 x 14 in. (45.72 x 35.56 cm)

Credit LineGift of Howard Greenberg

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedSigned (on backing paper, LRC, in pencil, underneath larger image): Frederick Shaw

InscribedInscribed (on backing paper, LL, in pencil, underneath larger image): The Witch of the Black Mere - Portrayed by Theora

BibliographyHistories of Photography (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2003), p. 4 Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Histories of Photography," July 5 - September 21, 2003. (see below)

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