2017.240: Untitled (full-length portrait of a woman in a dress with a ruffled skirt and sleeves)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2017.240

People

Camille Silvy (Nogeut-le-Rotrou, France 1835 - 1910 Saint-Maurice, France)

Title

Untitled (full-length portrait of a woman in a dress with a ruffled skirt and sleeves)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph, carte-de-visite

Date

19th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/360013

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

photograph: 8.6 × 5.6 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
mount: 9.7 × 6.2 cm (3 13/16 × 2 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, on mount, printed: E. SILVIS EXIENS / CS [encircled] / PHOTOGRAPHED BY / C SILVY / 38 Porchester Terrace, / BAYSWATER. W.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Private Collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous gift in honor of Makeda Best

Accession Year

2017

Object Number

2017.240

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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