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Jessie Tarbox Beals

Jessie Tarbox Beals was an American photographer, photojournalist and journalist (1870–1942). She was born at Hamilton and died at New York City.

Also recorded as Mrs Alfred Tennyson Beals; Jessie Tarbox Beals.

Jessie Tarbox Beals in brief

Born
1870
Died
1942
Known for
photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Place of birth
Hamilton
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Identity and origins

Jessie Tarbox Beals was recorded at birth as Jessie Richmond Tarbox. The authorities additionally record the headings Mrs Alfred Tennyson Beals and Jessie Tarbox Beals.

She married Alfred Tennyson Beals.

Recognition and collections

Work by Jessie Tarbox Beals is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Catalogued works

10 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Garage, Pelham, dated 1911, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1991.1201.1. Garage, dated 1911, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1991.1201.10. Garage, Reading, dated 1911, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1991.1201.12. Garage, Philadelphia, dated 1911, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1991.1201.14. Garage, New Bedford, dated 1911, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1991.1201.15. Garage, Pelham, #7, dated 1911, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1991.1201.16. Garage #4, dated 1911, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1991.1201.2. Garage, Tarrytown, dated 1911, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1991.1201.4. Greenwich Village anthology of verse. Songs of a wanderer.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: 16 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 16 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

The Queer Optimism of Jessie Tarbox Beals' Greenwich Village Postcards, Photography and Culture, 2014. America's Left Bank: Jessie Tarbox Beals's Greenwich Village Photographs, The Missouri Review, 2022. 0307 Fashioning Modernity at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis, RIHA Journal, 2024.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

The field of work recorded is photography.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Massachusetts and New York City.

Work by Jessie Tarbox Beals is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Chronology

  1. 1870Jessie Tarbox Beals born at Hamilton.
  2. 1911Garage, Pelham (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  3. 1911Garage (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  4. 1911Garage, Reading (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  5. 1911Garage, Philadelphia (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  6. 1911Garage, New Bedford (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  7. 1911Garage, Pelham, #7 (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  8. 1942Jessie Tarbox Beals died at New York City.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    America's Left Bank: Jessie Tarbox Beals's Greenwich Village Photographs, The Missouri Review, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Jessie Tarbox Beals (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    The Queer Optimism of Jessie Tarbox Beals' Greenwich Village Postcards, Photography and Culture, 2014

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Jessie Tarbox Beals.

    open access index · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Jessie Tarbox Beals (16 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q6187840: Jessie Tarbox Beals

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  7. 7.

    “Jessie Tarbox Beals”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Photography

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