Marion Post Wolcott
One of the Judges at the Horse Race, Warrenton, Virginia

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • One of the Judges at the Horse Race, Warrenton, Virginia
  • Judge at the horse races. Warrenton, Virginia
DateMay 1941, printed 1976
Place depictedWarrenton, Virginia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 9/16 × 10 1/2 in. (26.8 × 26.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.422
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–May 1, 1988.

"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left in pencil reading vertically "RS 53142[underlined] / F30-57465"
bottom right corner "Post Wolcott"
verso center a stamp reading vertically "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"

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