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Portrait of Victor Cousin

(French, 1820–1882)
1856-59
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, albumen print from a wet collodion-on-glass negative
DimensionsSheet (oval): 20.1 x 15.5 cm (7 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Mount: 22.9 x 18.2 cm (9 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Charles W. Millard III in honor of Sue Welsh Reed
Accession number2005.272
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsStamped in red ink, l.l.: Gustave / Le Gray
ProvenanceProbably purchased by Charles Millard in Paris in the 1970s; gift to MFA May 25, 2005.
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