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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.161
People
Lemuel Wallace Cook, American (active 1860s-1890s)
Title
Untitled (Full-length portrait of a woman with a skirt, sash, cane, and hat)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
carte-de-visite, photograph
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/364159

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored albumen silver print
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 9.1 × 5.5 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, center, printed text: L. W. Cook, / ARTIST, / Rooms near the Post Office, / Weymouth Landing, Mass. / Additional copies from the Plate from / which the Picture was taken / can be had if desired.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Greg French Early Photography, Jamaica Plain], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.161
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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