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Unknown, [Ball in a mansion]
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Unknown

[Ball in a mansion]

1890s

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Matte collodion print with brown ink and wash
Dimensions
30.6 × 37.6 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-366786

A ball inside a mansion, There are four guards in the foreground, three on the left and one on the right. One of the guards on the left is a royal guard. Next to him is a man dressed in a military uniform, his hands resting on the backrest of a chair. Behind him in the background are four women dressed in gowns. A bigger crowd is only slightly perceptible in the very back of the setting. The royal guard and the man in a military uniform are cut out photographs. Only the head of the other characters are made out of cut out photographs.

Provenance

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Registry history

  • 1890s — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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