Photograph, Gelatin Silver: Lady Minto

Photograph

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Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Photograph, Gelatin Silver: Lady Minto

Entry/Object ID

P1709

Description

One black and white gelatin silver photograph depicting a woman in an embroidered silk dress, fur cape which reaches to the waist with a stand-up collar. She is wearing a very long string of pearls around her neck. There are flowers in the lower right hand corner of the picture. The photograph is mounted on a dark grey card over a red mat and displayed in a plain brown wooden frame.

Made/Created

Notes

Photographic, Paper, card, Glass, Wood, Ink, Photography, Photography

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

"Mary Minto // 1901"

Notes

Written in black ink on the bottom left corner of the photograph.

Transcription

"1723 // Lady Minto // 1901"

Notes

Written in black ink on a red and white label attached to the bottom right corner of the photograph.

Transcription

"LADY MINTO // 1901"

Notes

Printed in black ink on a rectangular white label attached to the back of the frame.

Transcription

"Framed by // H- Gates".

Notes

Written in blue ink on the back of the frame.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Gelatin Silver, Gelatin Silver, Communication Artifacts

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph, Gelatin Silver

Dimensions

Height

20.7 cm

Width

15.6 cm