[Portrait of Johanna Spyri]

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Portrait of the late Johanna Spyri. She is wearing a high collared shirt with frills under neath a coat. Around her neck is a cross necklace. Her hair is done up and wrapped around her head. Below the portrait is Spyri's signature.

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The frame is made of wood and built in four sections with two vertical bars attached by two horizontal ones. At the top of the frame and on both sides of the portrait are edelweiss flowers carved out of wood. Most of the frame is stained a dark brown except for some sections of the vertical bars where it is missing and reveals the natural wood color underneath.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Gustine Courson Weaver Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Portrait of the late Johanna Spyri. She is wearing a high collared shirt with frills under neath a coat. Around her neck is a cross necklace. Her hair is done up and wrapped around her head. Below the portrait is Spyri's signature.

Physical Description

The frame is made of wood and built in four sections with two vertical bars attached by two horizontal ones. At the top of the frame and on both sides of the portrait are edelweiss flowers carved out of wood. Most of the frame is stained a dark brown except for some sections of the vertical bars where it is missing and reveals the natural wood color underneath.

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  • Preferred Citation: Gustine Courson Weaver Collection (AR0790), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Gustine Courson Weaver Collection

This collection contains the materials of Gustine Courson Weaver (1873-1942) and was originally part of the Historical Collection, and was given to UNT in the 1930s.

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  • Aug. 8, 2023, 7:35 p.m.

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  • Sept. 8, 2023, 12:19 p.m.

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[Portrait of Johanna Spyri], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2146971/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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