Helen Keller and Polly Thomson Portrait, with autographs

Beschreibung

Portrait of Helen Keller and Polly Thomson, signed, possibly given out to American Foundation for the Blind donors.  Donated to the Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. Seated near each other on a loveseat with a swan armrest are left to right Helen Keller and Polly Thomson. Keller and Thomson are angled towards each other, their knees touching. Keller is slightly in profile to the viewer. She and Thomson are holding a small ivory figurine of a young girl. This was a gift from the Empress of Japan. They are both smiling. They wear very similar dresses with short sleeves, buttons down the front of each dress, small round necklines and belted waists. Handwritten text reads: "Helen Keller   Polly Thomson" [Archivist's note: the figurine is in series 8: Artifacts]