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Ruth Wilson

Description: A full length studio portrait of Ruth Wilson, with her body turned to the left and her head turned very slightly to the right. She is wearing a dress with a checked pattern, buttons along the left side of her chest, multicolored fringe, and a large bustle. Her hair is loose, parted in the center, and doesn't reach her shoulders. She is leaning her left arm on a piece of fabric covering part of a heavy, low wooden carving. There is an illustration of a column and ferns behind her on the right.
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Call number: photCL 283 (55)
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Maria de Jesus Wilson

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A full-length studio portrait of Maria de Jesus ("Sue") Wilson (later Shorb), with her body turned to the left and her head turned partially to the left. She is wearing a dark dress with a bustle, small train, bows up the side of the skirt, a large bow at the throat, and long sleeves with white lace sticking out at the cuffs. Her hair is parted in the center and pulled up into a dark hat, and she holds a dark umbrella in her gloved right hand. The background behind her is an illustrated scene with a railing leading downward, the sea in the distance, and the sun or moon in the upper left.

photCL 283 (19)

Ruth Wilson Patton

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A bust length studio portrait of Ruth Wilson Patton with her body turned very slightly to the right and her head turned slightly to the left. She is wearing a black, lace-lined sleeveless top or dress which is held together at the front with a small, decorative stick pin. Her hair is pulled back, with a short fringe at the front.

photCL 283 (56)

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Ruth Wilson Patton, George Smith Patton, Jr., and Anne Wilson Patton, 1892(?)

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A chest-length studio portrait of Ruth Wilson Patton and her children, Georgie and Annie. Ruth is in the center, with her body turned very slightly to the right, wearing a dark dress with lighter sleeves and a high neck, with her dark, wavy hair parted in the center and pulled back. Georgie, on the left, has his body turned very slightly to the right, is behind his mother, wearing a dark suit with a broad white collar, and has short blond hair. Annie, on the right, is turned slightly to the left, in front of her mother, is wearing a white, lacy dress, and has blond hair that reaches her shoulders, with bangs cut low across her brow.

photCL 282 (342)

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Ruth Wilson Patton

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A bust-length, oval-shaped studio portrait of Ruth Wilson Patton with her head turned partially to the right. She is wearing a plain, dark dress with some kind of decoration at the collar, and has her hair pulled back behind her head.

photCL 283 (52)

Ann Wilson

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A full-length studio portrait of Annie Wilson (1858-1931), standing with her body turned very slightly to the left, her head turned partially to the right, and her arms folded across her chest. She is wearing a dress with a checked pattern, buttons along the left side of the bodice, dark bows down the center of her skirt, and dark fringe and ruffles at the bottom of her skirt. Part of a heavy wooden chair is visible on the left.

photCL 283 (40)

John Bernardo Wilson

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A bust-length, oval-shaped studio portrait of John Bernardo Wilson as a young man, with him turned partially to the left. Wilson is clean-shaven, with his dark hair parted on the left side of his head. He is wearing a dark coat with a white shirt and black bow tie.

photCL 283 (33b)

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