Portrait of a nun (Verso)
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- Title:
- Portrait of a nun (Verso)
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Perraud, Philibert
- Creation Date:
- 1850s
- ID Number:
- 95.015.002.2ndview_© Mike Robinson's Century Darkroom
- File Name:
- 95.015.002.2ndview_© Mike Robinson's Century Darkroom.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- daguerreotypes (photographs)
passe-partouts (borders)
hand coloring
half plate - Subject:
- Commercial photography
portraits
commercial portraits - Measurement:
- 29.8 x 25.4 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Framed oval-shaped seated portrait of a nun in full habit with a slight smile on her face. She has on a wimple and a large Maltese cross on her belly. The photo has some oxidation forming a ring inside the mat. The passe-partout has a tortoiseshell pattern, it's framed in a wide dark frame with floral embellishments. The second view is Perraud's label on the reverse of the frame.
- Notes:
- Half plate daguerreotype with hand-coloring, in a passe-partouts frame. The Herbert F. Johnson Museum holds several hundred cased photographs.
- Cite As:
- Philibert Perraud (French, 1815–1863), [Portrait of a nun], 1850s.Daguerreotype, half plate, Framed: 29.8 x 25.4 cm. Gift, by exchange, of Arthur Penn, Class of 1956, and Marilyn Penn; Christopher Elliman; David Elliman; and Andrea Branch, 95.015.002.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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