Mrs. Craik Seated Outdoors 1850s

"Mrs. Craik Seated Outdoors" is an anonymous salt print photograph, likely taken in the 1850s and currently housed in The Art Institute of Chicago. The image depicts Mrs. Craik, a woman in a white dress, sitting in a relaxed posture, seemingly lost in thought, with a large tree providing shade above her. The photograph is framed by the leafy branches of the tree on the left and a brick wall and fallen branches on the right, creating a sense of tranquility and solitude.