Alice Boughton
Ellen Terry at the Window

ArtistAmerican, 1865–1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ellen Terry at the Window
Date1910–1911
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (20.1 × 14.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (20 × 14.9 cm)
Mount (Primary): 9 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (23.8 × 17.4 cm)
Mount (Secondary): 11 × 7 3/4 in. (28 × 19.7 cm)
Mount (Tertiary): 14 7/16 × 11 in. (36.7 × 28 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins
Object number2014.926
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Description

In 1890, having studied with and assisted the prominent portrait
photographer Gertrude Käsebier, Alice Boughton established her own studio in
New York City. Like Käsebier, she favored the platinum process, soft focus, and
elaborate presentation characteristic of Pictorialist photography at the start
of the 20th century, drawing notice from Alfred Stieglitz, who exhibited her
work and published it in his journal, Camera Work. Over the course of 40
years, Boughton established her name photographing prominent literary and the­atrical
figures such as the renowned British actress Ellen Terry, shown here in an
intimate domestic moment, rather than in a theatrical role.




Provenance[Sotheby’s New York, April 7, 1995, Lot 153]; purchased by Mike and Mickey Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, print recto, bottom left corner: Alice Boughton
Signed in ink, recto secondary mount: AB
Inscribed in black ink, recto, secondary mount: Lewis Hatch [underlined] - I am always // gratefully yours Ellen Terry [underlined]
Inscribed in black ink, recto, bottom left corner secondary mount: Farewell- // 1-March-1911-
[no verso inscriptions]

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