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Bertha E. Jaques

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1935.13.480
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Bertha Evelyn Jaques was an American etcher and cyanotype photographer. Jaques helped found the Chicago Society of Etchers, an organization that would become internationally significant for promoting etching as a popular printmaking technique. She is best known for her hand-colored botanical prints and scenes from her foreign and domestic travels.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Fotogram van plant, "Tree-in Gov. Cleghorn's Place, Honolulu"

1908 · cyanotype on cardboard, photographic support

width: 253 cm, height: 303 cm, height: 248 cm, width: 152 cm

Rijksmuseum

Jackson Hollow

1897 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 15.6 × 23.2 cm (6 3/16 × 9 3/16 in.); Plate: 17.7 × 25.1 cm (7 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 26 × 33.8 cm (10 1/4 × 13 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute Chicago
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Fotogram van plant, "Tree-in Gov. Cleghorn's Place, Honolulu"
1908 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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