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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.241
People
Eugène Pirou, French (Tuboeuf, France 1841 - 1909 Chaville, France)
Title
Untitled (seated portrait of a girl posed leaning on a desk)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
carte-de-visite, photograph
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360014

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Collodion process
Dimensions
photograph: 9.2 × 5.9 cm (3 5/8 × 2 5/16 in.)
mount: 10.4 × 6.1 cm (4 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, on mount, printed: EUG. PIROU EP[intertwined] 3 Bd St GERMAIN
  • inscription: verso, on mount, printed: Eug. Pirou / PHOTOGRAPHE / Atelier Principal / 3 Bould St Germain / au Rez-de-Chaussé / PARIS / On conserve les Clichés / RAPPELER CE No [handwritten, black ink:] 22232 [or 7]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous gift in honor of Makeda Best
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.241
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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