Portrait of Wilson Ross
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1890
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions6 1/2 × 5 in. (16.5 × 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.329.A
DescriptionA studio portrait of young Wilson Ross, the oldest son of Pitt and Clemie Ross and a grandson of the territorial governor Edmund G. Ross, at the Cobb Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The child stands on a shaggy fur rug and looks at the camera. Wilson wears a button-down shirt with a large, multi-pointed collar, wears knickerbockers with tall dark socks, and holds a straw woven hat in his left hand. Wilson's hair is parted on the side and combed away from the face. There is a stucco wall behind him.Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss.
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