Carte-de-visite: Portrait of Maria Gratton at her first communion

Photograph

Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Carte-de-visite: Portrait of Maria Gratton at her first communion

Entry/Object ID

2020.004.01.03

Description

One rectangular, sepia toned, carte-de-visite full length studio portrait of Maria Gratton, aged 10 years old, in communion gown, by Dorion Photographer, taken May 22, 1890. Photograph card completed with scalloped edges.

Made/Created

Date made

1890

Notes

Quantity produced: 1 paper, papier, photograph, photographie

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

Front: "Dorion // Photographer, // 69 Susse St., OTTAW[A]"

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

16.3 cm

Width

10.5 cm

Research Notes

Notes

Result: Identified Maria Carmelin Anna Gratton was born on December 8, 1880 at Ottawa, and baptized on December 12, 1880 at Notre Dame, the daughter of Louis Gratton (1850 - 1922) and Vitaline Grenier (1855 - 1911). Maria Gratton attended the convent school of the Grey Nuns of Ottawa, took her first communion on May 22, 1890, and entered the nunnery at the age of 22.