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Twenty-three girls and a nun sit in four rows in this group photograph. Their faces peer at the viewer.

The girls all wear white bonnets and blouses of different patterns and long skirts. Many of them have their hands folded in their laps. A young nun sits on the right. Four small girls sit in the front row. No one is smiling, probably to sit still for the long exposure. Behind the group is drapery strewn over a board or wall. The image is delicate and low contrast overall, with a small amount of light blue haze occurring in some white areas and the background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.12
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Untitled (class portrait of a Catholic girl's school)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360073

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Half plate daguerreotype
Technique
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
image (sight): 8.6 × 11.4 cm (3 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
encased in frame: 14.5 × 18 cm (5 11/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Bernard Quartich Ltd., London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Kenyon C. Bolton III Fund
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.12
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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