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Oriental Princess after the Bath

Creator Name

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, born Manlius Square, NY 1814-died Toledo, OH 1889

Cultural Context

East Indians

Date

1860s

About the Work

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The language used to describe people of Asian and Middle Eastern descent in the title of this work is outdated and offensive. While this language is represented as originally written for historical and research purposes, the reductive worldview it represents was harmful then and is harmful now. For more information on the history and use of this term, please see: Orientalism


The way in which women are depicted in this work is objectifying and dehumanizing. While this view of women may have been accepted at the time of the image’s creation, the reductive worldview it represents was harmful then and is harmful now. For more information on why this image is problematic, please see: Male gaze

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Title

Oriental Princess after the Bath

Creator

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, born Manlius Square, NY 1814-died Toledo, OH 1889, Artist

Worktype

Painting; Paintings

Cultural Context

East Indians

Material

oil on photo-mechanical print on paper mounted on board

Dimensions

sheet and mount: 10 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (27.3 x 35.3 cm)

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Date

1860s;
Date: ca. 1866

Provenance

Credit Line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Martha F. Butler

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Rights

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CC0

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Subjects

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Descriptive Topic: Male gaze, Voyeurism, Exoticism
Figure group; Figure female\nude; Asian Indian; Architecture Interior\domestic; Recreation\leisure\grooming; Amusements; Grooming; Architecture; Figure female; Recreation; Domestic; Nudity

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Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, born Manlius Square, NY 1814-died Toledo, OH 1889, Oriental Princess after the Bath, 1860s, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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