This Lydia Leslie Lydie, circa 1900. From Archive.org, owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
She has such an interesting face. How would you describe her to someone who couldn’t see this photograph?
Lydia Leslie Lydie – Candlestick
The photographer was Frank Eugene, a photographer who was born in New York but spent most of his life in Germany. Eugene was an important figure in avant-garde photography and photographic education.
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How in the world does one say her name? Too much sibilance! Nevertheless she looks like my grandmother who was mostly Scottish.
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You make a good point! Extra credit for the great vocab word!
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Beautiful, alluring and mysterious. Wonder what she was thinking?
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She is mysterious looking… like she has the “second sight”!
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