The child is seen close, filling the frame, turned slightly and looking straight into the lens. The eye goes first to the wide gaze and held smile, then to the doll raised against the shoulder, capped and with a ribbon at its neck. The knitted jumper and the lit side of the face carry the brighter tones; the opposite side and the background fall into shadow. Light enters from the upper right, and contrast is moderate, the face standing clear of a dark ground. The child is Turid Wasteson, the photographer’s daughter.

Technical Details: Gelatin silver print on heavy cream mount; no title on the object, the title assigned by the project. The verso carries a pencilled catalogue number at upper left. Turid Wasteson later took the initiative to preserve Olaf Christoffersen's photographs. She arranged for the collection to be held by Preus Museum and had the works digitised for exhibition and sale. The archive published under the photographer's name derives from that work.

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