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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.359.42
People
Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil Filmer, British (1838-1903)
Title
Untitled (Simla, view from above, Christchurch steeple right of center)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph, album page
Date
1862-1888
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317518

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Album page with one albumen silver print
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
28.9 x 23.2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
photograph: 22.8 x 17.5 cm (9 x 6 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Name is inscribed beneath photograph.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, NY, purchased from Christie's, 1978, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1982. On Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1978 to 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Object Number
P1982.359.42
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Simla was the summer capital of the Viceregal court in India.

Top of photograph has been trimmed.

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