Portrait of Josephine JOHNSEN
Photography
Inventory number
2020.8.28.2.PH.VI.1881.DKAuthor:
Johan THORSEN (Norvegian, 1843 – 1886)Description
Photograph of a young girl represented in a photographer's studio in full-length leaning on a tufted chair, and standing in front of a rectangular column. The child is wearing a long sleeved dress with pleated trimming on the collar, cuffs and bottom. Her neck is adorned with a short pearl necklace.This photograph is typically a "carte de visite" format, format invented by André Adolphe Eugène DISDERI in 1854.
Materials
Analog photographyCardboard
Origin
1881 Christiania, DenmarkDimensions
Length : 6 cmHeight : 10.5 cm