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Maria de Jesus Wilson

Description: 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.
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Call number: photCL 283 (19)
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Annie Wilson

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A bust-length studio portrait of Annie "Nan" Wilson, with her head turned slightly to the left. She is wearing a dress with dark lapels and a high collar with a decorative stickpin. Her hair is pulled up behind her head, and she has dark eyes.

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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)

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Maria de Jesus Shorb

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A three-quarters length studio portrait of Maria de Jesus Shorb, seated in a wooden chair turned partially to the left. She is wearing a floor-length black coat with embroidery on the shoulders, collar, and cuffs, and a fluffy, black hat on her gray hair with long ribbons trailing in the back. She has a long black bow at her throat, a simple ring on each of her ring fingers, is wearing small frame-less glasses, and is holding her black purse in her lap.

photCL 283 (27)

Mrs. Benjamin Davis Wilson

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A bust-length studio portrait of Margaret S. Hereford Wilson with her body turned very slightly to the left. She is wearing wire-frame glasses, a dark dress decorated with a great deal of lace, a large dark ribbon tied into a bow at her neck, and a dark hat that covers most of her gray hair.

photCL 283 (13)

Ruth Wilson

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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.

photCL 283 (55)

Dora Hereford and Maria de Jesus Wilson

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A three-quarters length studio portrait of Medora ("Dora") Hereford and Maria de Jesus ("Sue") Wilson (later Shorb). Dora, on the left, is wearing a black top with exposed shoulders, a light colored skirt with black trim, a sheer, gauzy shawl with black trim, a large crucifix necklace, and several rings. Her hair is pulled up on either side of her head, with tight curls hanging down. Sue, on the right, is wearing a dress with vertical stripes and exposed shoulders. Her hair is pulled back, and decorated with wide ribbons. They are holding each other's right hands, with Dora resting her left hand on Sue's shoulder, and Sue holding a small book(?) in her lap with her left hand.

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