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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1985.29.31
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Costumes of Fayal Island, Azores, Portugal (woman wearing shawl and kerchief balancing rug on head)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
carte-de-visite, photograph
Date
c. 1880-c. 1889
Culture
Unidentified culture
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/283791

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Albumen silver print on card.
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
mount: 10.4 x 6.3 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso; ink

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Swann Galleries, New York, New York, sold to Seiden & de Cuevas Inc., 1981.
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, New York, purchased from Swann Galleries, New York, NY, 1981, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1985. on Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1981 to 1985

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
P1985.29.31
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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