Poses of Madame Risser
- Title:
- Poses of Madame Risser
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Disdéri, André Adolphe-Eugène
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1860
- ID Number:
- 95.015.001
- File Name:
- 95.015.001.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Commercial photography
portraits
commercial portraits - Measurement:
- 19.7 x 23.2 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- A full sheet of uncut cartes-de-visite. Eight images, 2 each of 4 poses of Risser with a studio prop and background. She wears a long, spreading gown, with piped tiers, broad sleeves, and a V-neckline. In one pose she is seated, reading. In the next she's standing and holding something to her mouth. In the third she stands with her body angled slightly to the right, but gazing directly at the camera, and in the final pose she's in profile, with her head turned toward the camera, looking demurely down.
- Notes:
- Uncut sheet of cartes-de-visite.
- Cite As:
- André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Madame Risser, 1860. Albumen print, 19.7 x 23.2 cm. Gift, by exchange, of Arthur Penn, Class of 1956, and Marilyn Penn; Christopher Elliman; David Elliman; and Andrea Branch, 95.015.001.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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