Portrait

Wood On Glass

Portrait of a Family – Location Unknown

Individual families often hired Clarke to take their portraits. This family is pictured outdoors, likely because the lighting was better outside. They pose among wood chips, log slabs, and a partially squared log at their feet, all indicative of a work site. The woman sits in a c... Read more

Wood On Glass

Portrait of a Man – Possibly a Self-Portrait of William T. Clarke

Folklorist Henry W. Shoemaker helped secure many of Clarke’s surviving photographic negatives for the state of PA. He described Clarke as a “corncob pipe-smoking, tall, slight, affable, ardent mountaineer, possessing a magnificent soldierly figure and erect carriage, with aquili... Read more