Ten-year-old with three-months-old sister from the "Chinese Album"

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Ten-year-old with three-months-old sister from the "Chinese Album"
Ten-year-old with three-months-old sister from the "Chinese Album"
Artist/Maker (British, 1904 - 1980)
Date1944, published 1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/4 in. × 8 in. (21 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of David A. Garfinkel, Class of 1978
Object number1983.111
Not on view
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Provenance 1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of David A. Garfinkel.
Markings Stamp: "CECIL BEATON / PHOTOGRAPH" on verso at lower center.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "BE503" on verso at lower right in pencil; "IB. 2538 / C. BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH (MINISTRY OF / INFORMATION) CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED.; CHINESE BABY. / PICTURE SHOW: - [underlined] Chinese girl, aged 10, with baby / sister aged three months. Picture taken in a street / at CHENGTU. Sze-chwan Province, China." on verso at lower center in typeset.
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