Woman with a Dark Sash
Title
Woman with a Dark Sash
Description
A portrait of a young woman wearing a loose, white blouse with a dark sash around her waist, and a locket on her neck. Her hair is in a ponytail that has been curled to hang down in a coil over her shoulder. This photograph was taken by amateur photographer William Alonso Clapshaw, probably in a home studio circa 1910-1914. Several other photographs exist that were taken in the same setting. The woman may have been a friend or relative of the photographer. Flaws in the image are due to deterioration of the emulsion layer on the negative. For two similar portraits that may portray the same woman, see Images PUA_MS154_032 and PUA_MS154_042.
This is one image from a set of glass plate negatives created by William Alonso Clapshaw. Clapshaw was a clerk and shopkeeper who lived near Forest Grove, Oregon for most of his life. He was born in 1880, probably at the family's home in the Hillside neighborhood of Forest Grove, on what is now Clapshaw Hill Road east of Gales Creek. Around 1910-1914, William took an interest in photography and created a set of glass plate negatives documenting scenes near his family's lands as well as images of himself, his friends and family members. He most likely used a silver gelatin dry plate process. The photographs were donated to the Pacific University Archives in 2023.
Date: Display
circa 1910-1914
Identifier
PUA_MS154_043
Medium
Gelatin silver negatives
Copyright
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