Reece, Jane (1868-1961) Photograph of Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Signed by Both.
New York: 21 May 1929.
Gelatin silver print with Reece's signature in top right, inscribed in the bottom margin, and signed by Margaret Woodrow Wilson, with date, mounted on board, in a period mat, the sheet 8 x 6 in. on a 14 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. mount.
Margaret Wilson took the place of her deceased mother in 1914 as White House social hostess and de facto first lady while her father served his term as POTUS. In 1938, the free-spirited Margaret moved to India to study under Sri Aurobindo. She received the Sanskrit name Nistha and collaborated with Joseph Campbell on an English translation of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by Swami Nikhilananda, which was published in 1942. She lived the rest of her life in India.
Jane Reece lived most of her life in Dayton, Ohio. Her forty-year career produced substantial work of artistic merit, including The Soul in Bondage, based on the story of Andromeda, general portraiture, and expressive images of other artists.
