untitled (portrait)

Currently not on view

untitled (portrait),

ca. 1859–69

Camille-Leon-Louis Silvy, French, 1834 - 1910
x1992-2

Information

Title
untitled (portrait)
Dates

ca. 1859–69

Maker
Camille-Leon-Louis Silvy
Medium
Albumen print (carte-de-visite)
Dimensions
image: 8.6 x 5.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.) sheet: 9.5 x 6.5 cm. (3 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kenneth C. Jacobson, Class of 1970
Object Number
x1992-2
Inscription
Printed verso center: stag rising from a circular emblem surrounding the letters "CS" with "E SILVIS EXIENS" printed within; ...
Culture
French
Type
cartes-de-visite, albumen prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
portraits, women

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