Artist/Maker
Porter, Sophie
MediumCyanotype
Dimensions5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
Object number2006.9.2.4
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionThree blue cyanotypes by Sophie Porter at Hershel Island, NWT, circa 1895-96, mounted on a sheet of foolscap; showing (center) Captain W.P.S. Porter (Sophie's husband) of the auxiliary steamer "Jesse H. Freeman" in fur coat and fur hat, and two other whalemen with bent davits in the background. Ex personal collection of Hannah Sherman Raffa (Albert and Carrie Sherman's' granddaughter).On View
Not on view
Porter, Sophie
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5/12/1895
Hazard, A.R. - San Francisco
