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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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The painting "Greek Girls Playing Ball" by Sir Frederick Leighton, [s.d.]
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The painting "Greek Girls Playing Ball" by Sir Frederick Leighton, [s.d.]
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Photograph of the painting "Greek Girls Playing Ball" by Sir Frederick Leighton, [s.d.]. Two women in billowing greek dress stand on what appears to be a tall marble pedastal with the open inlet and a bank of land visible in the background. The girl in the foreground to the right appears to be finishing the follow-through of her throw, while in the girl to the left leans back to catch the ball, which remains in mid-air. Fruits and cloth appear to be on the ground at their feet.
Asset Metadata
Title
The painting "Greek Girls Playing Ball" by Sir Frederick Leighton, [s.d.]
Subject
archipelagos
(adlf),
Art
(lcsh),
Art -- Greek
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
art
(aat),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Creator
Leighton, Sir Frederick
(artist),
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18246
Identifier
8868 (
accession number
), CHS-8868 (
call number
), CHS-8868 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-18233 (
legacy record id
), chs-m18246 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14104 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
18233
Unique identifier
UC113972
Legacy Identifier
CHS-8868.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.4 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
51.9 cm × 41.0 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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