“Young Girl with Ruffled Sleeves in a Pensive Pose”
/E. R. Healy Gallery’s Portrait Photograph of a
“Young Girl With Ruffled Sleeves in a pensive pose”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
EDWIN RUTHVEN HEALY (1856-1923) and ADA “ADDIE” GOSSAGE HEALY (1860-1923). Edwin and Ada Healy were a married couple, and both were listed in California directories as a photographer. It has been assumed they worked together; however, ascertaining their division of labor is problematic. The “E. R. Healy Gound Floor Gallery” was opened in 1896 at 816 Main Street, Petaluma, California. It was later relocated to 818 Main Street and sold in June, 1905. In 1906 the Healys moved to Berkeley, California. (To view all portraits in this collection taken at the E. R. Healy Ground Floor Gallery and for additional information on Edwin and Ada Healy, click on their names in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: This young girl of approximately 5 or 6 years old looks off to her right while holding the index finger of her left hand to her cheek in a standard “pensive poise”. Her bangs are cut straight directly above her eyebrows and her light-colored, center-parted, hair is combed straight and ends in soft curls at her shoulders. She wears a voluminous white dress with large ruffled and flounced sleeves.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: In this cabinet card a very young girl is poised behind the back of a wicker chair which has an elaborate fan design. The photographer’s imprint is embossed surrounded by elaborate flourishes along the bottom: “E. R. Healy” on the left, and “Petaluma Cal.” on the right.
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is blank.
Date: 1896-1905
Condition: This cabinet card is soiled and a black mark appears on the child’s face.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1993-633-60
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