Mills Thompson posing for Violet Oakley's Dante window

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Object Details

Subject

Dante Alighieri

Oakley, Violet

Thompson, Mills

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

1 photographic print : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm.

Summary

Date based on date of Oakley's stained glass Dante window.
Shows Mills Thompson posing as the Dante figure, wearing Renaissance garb with hands clasped in prayer and eyes turned upward.

Citation

Mills Thompson posing for Violet Oakley's Dante window, circa 1911. Violet Oakley papers, 1841-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

U.S. public domain

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

circa 1911

Record number

(DSI-AAA)15863

Type

Photographs

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Violet Oakley papers, 1841-1981

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Artists' models

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_15863