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French Peasant Women

(Swiss (active in France), 1809–1893)
(French, born in Switzerland, 1809–1893)
1870
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, albumen print from wet plate negative
DimensionsSheet: 13 x 17.5 cm (5 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Alexander Novak and family
Accession number2013.1892
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
Provenance1982, sold by Robert Chadell, Atlanta, to Alex Novak, Chalfont, PA; 2013, gift of Alex Novak to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 2013)
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