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OriginalEdmonia Lewis, or "Wildfire" to give her Ojibwe name, was a sculptor of the Neoclassical school, internationally popular for a time before Neoclassical art fell out of favour, now being rediscovered
Reason
While the age - 1870 - is somewhat going against the image quality: The original negatives, if they exist, tend to be far, far better than actual prints can be from that age - I think the quality of the image shines through. We also get a really good look, on her left-hand side (right as you're looking at it) at an example of one of the devices meant to help the sitter stay still long enough for the lengthy exposure cameras of the period needed. It's a very nice photograph of a notable person. One could argue as to whether this was intended to be cropped; if you want an alt, we can consider File:Edmonia Lewis by Henry Rocher (cropped).jpg
Articles in which this image appears
Edmonia Lewis and several others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Henry Rocher restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Edmonia Lewis by Henry Rocher.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:07, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]