Photograph of Lee Simmons and her dog, Lady: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Lee Simmons and her Boston Terrier dog, Lady. Simmons is depicted in profile, reclining on a chaise. Her proper left leg is extended. Her proper right knee is raised and bent. Lady is standing on the chaise and has his front paws resting in her lap. Lady is depicted in profile, but with her head turned towards the viewer. Simmons is looking at Lady and has her proper left hand resting on Lady’s shoulder. In her proper right hand is a copy of Cosmopolitan magazine. She is wearing a white, short sleeve, collared dress. On the end table next to her is a pile of Redbook magazines. In the background are lowered Venetian blinds. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: early 20th-mid 20th century
• Photograph by: Hughey J. Battelle
• Subject of: Lee Simmons
• Subject of: Cosmopolitan, American, founded 1886
• Subject of: Redbook, American, founded 1903
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 4 7/16 × 6 1/2 in. (11.2 × 16.5 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 4 13/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.3 × 17.6 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2013.46.25.235
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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