The Letter

Guido Rey

negative 1908; print 1908

Photogravure

J. Paul Getty Museum

A woman in a long dress sits at a desk writing with a quill, while a man in period clothing holding flowers and a hat stands to her right. A staged scene reminiscent of Jan Vermeer's paintings from the 1600s. A woman sits in front of a window writing a letter. Another person stands behind her chair, holding flowers and a feathered hat. Margolis, Marianne Fulton, ed. Alfred Stieglitz: Camera Work: A Pictorial Guide With Reproductions of All 559 Illustrations & Plates, Fully Indexed. (New York: Dover Publications, 1978), p. 70, fig. 9.