Wallace Nutting Hand-colored Photograph "Grace"

Item Details

Nature

A hand-colored photograph titled Grace by Wallace Nutting. This piece features a body of water with trees in evening light. It is signed and titled beneath the image. The work is presented under a beige mat and glass in a wood frame, ready to hang.

Primarily based in New England, Wallace Nutting turned to photography after his poor health forced him to retire from his work as a Congregational minister. He is mostly known for his platinotypes of New England landscapes, architecture, and residential interiors referred to as “Colonials”, which featured women posed in traditional 18th-century feminine roles. In 1904, he founded the Wallace Nutting Art Prints Studio, affectionately nicknamed “Nuttinghame”, and employed nearly 200 colorists, often women, who hand-painted and tinted his photographs, as may have been the case for this particular work.

Condition

- discoloration to paper and mat; minor wear to edges of frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 7.5" W x 9.5" H.

Item #

18SWF063-011