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Title
The painting "Song Without Words", depicting a young woman playing a zither
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Thorne, William
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the painting "Song Without Words", depicting a young woman playing a zither, [s.d]. The young girl rests on cushions at center and looks down to the zither in her lap. Her dress is long and flowing, with short sleeves and a square neckline, below which a ribbon sash wraps around the waist. To the left, a few roses can be seen resting on the cushions with her.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m18357
USC-1-1-1-14104 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8833
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18357
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8833.jpg
Subject
Art--Women
Art
Source
8833 [Accession number]
CHS-8833 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 1122 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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