"Negro Nurse with a Child"

inscription:

verso- paper backing, "Negro Nurse + child/ by [ ] Fuller/ HBF Aug 16th 19[2]4". Frame- exhibition label, l.l., "MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS./ MEMORIAL EXHIBITION GEO. FULER'S WORKS,/ APRIL 24, 1884/ Title, Negro Nurse + child/ Owner, Waldo Higginson 18 [ ]"; Exhibition label, "TO BE ATTACHED TO BACK OF FRAME/ Title, Negro Nurse + child/ Owner, Mrs. George Fuller/ Residence, Fe[ssenclass] St. Jamaica P./ Name of Artist, George Fuller/ Value, 300"; On frame- l.r., graphite, "George Fuller/ 30[ ]" POSSIBLE SIGNATURE?

description:

Oval painting showing a black woman dressing the hair of a small white girl.

references:

Boston MFA, "Memorial Exhibition on the Works of George Fuller," 1884, "1861. NO 82, Negro Nurse with a child. Waldo Higginson."

provenance:

Waldo Higginson bequeathed to his neice, Agnes Higginson Fuller, 1923.

signature:

SEE INSCRIPTIONS MEMO

keywords:

African American
Children
Clothing, Fashion, Costume
Work