Historical Portrait

[Portrait of Judith Anderson in Family Portrait]

1939·Source: loc·View original ↗·Public Domain

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Archive record

1 photographic print : gelatin silver. | Photograph shows Judith Anderson (1897-1992), a white, female, Australian actress, wearing a head covering.

About this photograph

Carl van Vechten photographed Judith Anderson in 1939, when she appeared in the play *Family Portrait*. The archive record identifies her as an Australian actress born in 1897. She wears a head covering in the image.

Van Vechten worked as a portrait photographer during this period, creating a significant body of work that documented theatrical performers and other cultural figures. The gelatin silver print is held by the Library of Congress as part of their historical portrait collection.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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Gelatin Silver Prints

Rights & Attribution

Credit: Library of Congress

Reuse: Public domain. Free to download, print, edit and republish, commercially or otherwise. How rights work in this archive.

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From the 1930s collection Gelatin Silver Prints Family Photographs