a. Academic nude of male and female against a painted backdrop b. Academic nude
a. Academic nude of male and female against a painted backdrop b. Academic nude

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a. Academic nude of male and female against a painted backdrop b. Academic nude ,

ca. 1870

Guglielmo Marconi, French, 1841–1885
1997-14 a-b

Information

Title
a. Academic nude of male and female against a painted backdrop b. Academic nude
Dates

ca. 1870

Maker
Guglielmo Marconi
Medium

Albumen prints

Dimensions

image: 26.9 x 17.9 cm (10 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
mount: 47.2 x 31.8 cm (18 9/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
mat: 50.8 x 40.6 cm. (20 x 16 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, anonymous gift

Object Number
1997-14 a-b
Place Made

Europe

Inscription

Inscribed in graphite in unknown hand on mount, lower right: Kj 1232

Marks/Labels/Seals

a: Inscribed in negative, lower center of image: 95
b: Inscribed in negative, lower center of image: A18

Culture
French
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, albumen prints
Techniques
albumen process, mounting
Subject
figures (representations), nudes, studies (visual works), men, women

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