Picnic Scene, ca. 1900, platinum print, 2 1/4 x 2 7/8", stamped on verso P.O.R.
William James Mullins (American 1860-1917) Like many members of the Photo-Secession, Mullins began his artistic career as a painter, counting Childe Hassam and Louis Comfort Tiffany among his closest friends. Mullins began taking photographs in the 1890s.