Seated Woman
On-Qua, Chinese, 19th century
about 1859-1869
Carte de visite
Image: 3 13/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.7 × 5.9 cm)
Sheet: 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.2 × 6.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. George Pettengill Jr., in memory of her sons, George Tilford Pettengill, III (1909-1944), Class of 1932 and William Van Horne Pettengill (1914-1952), Class of 1937
183.3.38
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on obverse, in ink, lower center: Canton Married Woman; inscribed, on reverse, in ink, upper center: Canton / Married Woman; printed, in red ink: ON-QUA. / PHOTOGRAPHER, / Picture and Portrait Painter. / No. 41 Nankin Road. / SHANGHAI. / 悅容樓照相在上海大馬路抛球塲東首 Transliteration: Yuè róng lóu zhàoxiàng zài Shànghǎi dà mǎlù pāo qiú chǎng dōng shǒu Translation: Creditline, address in Shanghai
Course History
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Provenance
Collected by Elizabeth Adams Hill (1839-1902) and Charles Eugene Hill (1831-1884) in China, 1860s; acquired by Leila Price Pettengill (1887-1977), Washington, D.C., date unknown; given to present collection, 1983.
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