Taunton Lakes, New Jersey, with Wife and Daughter Hazel
ca. 1905
Medium
Photography-Photoprint
Classification
Photography-Photoprint
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Accession Number
1994.91.158
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Taunton Lakes, New Jersey, with Wife and Daughter** (ca. 1905) is a tender photoprint by James Bartlett Rich capturing a waist-length portrait of the artist's and young daughter Hazel against the serene backdrop of Taunton Lakes in New Jersey. This intimate family moment, preserved in silver gelatin on paper, reflects the early 20th-century shift toward personal photography that blended everyday life with artistic expression. around 1905, the image exemplifies the growing accessibility of photography during America's Progressive Era, when snapshots of loved ones became cherished records of...