The Spider Torture

The Spider Torture

Photograph

William Mortensen

Maker
American, 1897–1965

The Spider Torture

Pictorial Photography


ca. 1930
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 9/16 × 5 9/16 in. (19.2 × 14.2 cm)
Paper: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Gift of Dr. C. E. K. Mees
1980.0478.0007
Inscriptions inscribed in pencil on recto, BC: The Spider Torture; signed in pencil on recto, BR: Wm Mortensen; [no inscription on verso]
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