Carte-de-visite: Portrait of Eusebe Gratton

Photograph

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Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Carte-de-visite: Portrait of Eusebe Gratton

Entry/Object ID

2020.004.01.04

Description

One rectangular, sepia toned, full length studio portrait photograph of Eusebe Gratton, c. 1890s from L. Belanger Studio. Full length, standing portrait depicts subject in a dark suit, glasses, and holding a rolled up document in his left hand while resting his right hand on the back of a plush chair.

Made/Created

Date made

1880

Notes

Quantity produced: 1 Additional create date: 1900 paper, papier, photograph, photographie

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

Back: "L. BELANGER // Photographe, // 460 RUE SUSSEX, // OTTAWA" and "Eusebe Gratton"

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Carte-de-visite

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photographic print, Print, photographic, Photograph

Dimensions

Height

12.6 cm

Width

10 cm

Dimension Notes

Original mat has been cut down, leaving only the image portion.

Research Notes

Notes

Result: Identified Eus�be Gratton was born on December 16, 1821 at Laval, Quebec, the son of Joseph Gratton and Archange Leblanc. Eus�be married Adeline Taillon (b. circa 1823) and lived in the St Jean Baptiste Ward, Hochelaga, Quebec. A carpenter by trade, his son, Louis Gratton (1850 - 1922) would take up his father's trade, and work as an undertaker and cabinet maker in Ottawa. Louis Gratton married Vitaline Grenier (1855 - 1911) at Notre Dame, Ottawa, on June 1, 1875.