P1985.30.81: Untitled (six women water carriers by the river)
Photographs
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P1985.30.81
- People
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Félix Bonfils, French (Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France) 1831 - 1885 Alès (Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France))
- Title
- Untitled (six women water carriers by the river)
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: What I Saw in Egypt
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- album page, photograph
- Date
- c. 1880
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/101535
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Albumen silver print affixed to album page.
- Technique
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
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image: 27.7 x 21.9 cm (10 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
mount: 26 x 31 cm (10 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- label: Ink inscription on white paper "How straight they stand and they never spill a drop -- just think of the weight (?) - when filled with water."
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
- Accession Year
- 1985
- Object Number
- P1985.30.81
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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