Four Photographs of Shirley Temple Posed in Replicas of Famous Paintings, by George Hurrell

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13 1/2" (34 cm.) x 10 1/2" photo size, each. The large-format art study photographs depict Shirley Temple in a series of posed replicas of famous paintings, including Gainsborough's Blue Boy, Emile Renouf's The Helping Hand, Sir Joshua's Reynold's The Age of Innocence, and J. E. Millais's Her First Sermon. From a series of photographs of Shirley Temple by George Hurrell, circa 1935. The photographic series was inspired by a scene in the 1935 film "Curly Top".