Negress: Marie H., age 19, born of a negro from Port-au-Prince and a negress from St. Dominique (profile)
Negress: Marie H., age 19, born of a negro from Port-au-Prince and a negress from St. Dominique (profile)

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Negress: Marie H., age 19, born of a negro from Port-au-Prince and a negress from St. Dominique (profile),

ca. 1881

Bertall, French, 1820–1882
2008-1041

Information

Title
Negress: Marie H., age 19, born of a negro from Port-au-Prince and a negress from St. Dominique (profile)
Dates

ca. 1881

Maker
Bertall
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
19.2 × 12.4 cm (7 9/16 × 4 7/8 in.) mount: 32.8 x 24.8 cm. (12 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2008-1041
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

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

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