Jessie Olssen (Tanner) and Jesse Ossawa Tanner posing for Christ learning to read by Henry O. Tanner, ca. 1910

Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 12 x 09 cm.

Creator: unidentified photographer

Description: Photograph shows Jessie (Tanner's wife) and Jesse (Tanner's son) wearing loose clothing, the mother holding a long sheet of paper and the son leaning on her and tracing his finger along the paper.

Forms part of: Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978, bulk 1890-1937

Rights Statement: U.S. public domain

Citation: Jessie Olssen (Tanner) and Jesse Ossawa Tanner posing for Christ learning to read by Henry O. Tanner, ca. 1910 / unidentified photographer. Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 12359

Subjects:

• Artists' models
• Christian art and symbolism
• Tanner, Jesse O.
• Tanner, Jessie O.

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