Evelyn Nesbit
date: label: Date made
content: 1901
name: label: depicted
content: Nesbit, Evelyn
label: commissioned the portrait
content: White, Stanford
label: maker
content: Eickemeyer, Jr., Rudolf
notes: label: Description
content: Rudolf Eickemeyer Jr. started taking photographs in 1884 while working at his father's engineering firm. In 1889, he joined the local camera club in Yonkers, New York, and began contributing articles on photographic chemistry, lighting, and technique to journals like the <I>Photographic Times</I>. He turned professional in 1896, relying on commercial work for financial support while continuing to develop his skills as an art photographer. Eickemeyer gained critical acclaim in America and Europe for his landscape and portrait photography.
label: Description
content: In 1901, Eickemeyer was hired by architect Stanford White to photograph Evelyn Nesbit, an aspiring model and performer. The resulting images helped establish Nesbit's career and are among the most recognized of Eickemeyer's body of work.
label: Description
content: Shortly before his death in 1932, Eickemeyer endowed a fund for the development of the Smithsonian's Section of Photography and donated a large portion of his personal collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Photography
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content: Rudolf Eickemeyer Jr. Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.004135.B005.24
label: accession number
content: 106456
label: catalog number
content: 4135.B5.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: platinum print
label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 9 in; 16.51 cm x 22.86 cm