About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2071
  • TitleExpert advice
  • SummaryBoy at easel showing pastel drawing to man at right; girl at left looking on; box of pastels on table at bottom left; drawings and paintings taped on walls in background. Caption: "Expert advice -- Charles Virga, borough artist, gives some pointers to Harold Golberg of 391 S. 2d St. on his painting, 'The Old Covered Bridge,' while Ruth Brown of 33 Meserole St. looks on. The children are art students at the Williamsburg Settlement, where Mr. Virga is head of the fine arts division."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On caption: date stamped: Mar. 31, 1950. Small white spot over hand of figure at bottom right.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPastel drawing ; Art teachers ; Social settlements
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Williamsburg: Settlement Houses: Children