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Jessie Olssen Tanner and Jesse Ossawa Tanner posing for Henry Ossawa Tanner's painting Christ and his mother studying the scriptures

Catalog Data

Subject:
Tanner, Jesse O.  Search this
Tanner, Jessie O.  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Date:
not after 1910
Place of publication, production, or execution:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 12 x 09 cm.
Summary:
Photograph shows Jessie (Tanner's wife) and Jesse (Tanner's son) wearing loose clothing, the mother holding a long sheet of paper and the son leaning on her and tracing his finger along the paper. <br>Date based on the date that the painting was completed.
Citation:
Jessie Olssen Tanner and Jesse Ossawa Tanner posing for Henry Ossawa Tanner's painting Christ and his mother studying the scriptures , not after 1910. Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
U.S. public domain
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Topic:
Artists' models  Search this
Christian art and symbolism  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)12359
See more items in:
Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978, bulk 1890-1937
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_12359