P1970.27.A: Arsène Houssaye (1815-1896)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1970.27.A

People

Etienne Carjat, French (Fariens, France 1828 - 1906 Dubois, France)
Arsène Houssaye

Title

Arsène Houssaye (1815-1896)

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Galerie Contemporaine

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

c. 1878

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/286090

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Woodburytype

Dimensions

mount: 35 x 25.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
image: 23 x 18.4 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto, upper center on mount, black ink, pre-printed mount, French: GALERIE CONTEMPORAINE
• inscription: recto, lower left on mount, black ink, pre-printed mount, French: 126, boulevard Magenta.-Paris.
• inscription: recto, lower center on mount, black ink, pre-printed mount, French: Phot. Goupil et Cie. [over] Arsène Houssaye [over] Né à Bruyères (Aisne), le 28 mars 1815
• inscription: recto, lower right on mount, black ink, pre-printed mount, French: Cliché CARJAT.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles Millard

Object Number

P1970.27.A

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Master Photographs in the Fogg Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/11/1971 - 12/06/1971

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