Canton. Group of Chinese Ladies of Rank Dressed in Evening Costume.
Pierre Joseph Rossier
(Swiss, 1829–about 1880)
Negretti & Zambra
(British, founded in 1850)
Medium/TechniqueStereocard, albumen prints mounted to card stock
DimensionsMount: 8.5 × 17.3 cm (3 3/8 × 6 13/16 in.)
Credit LineEdward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number65.3352
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Not on viewClassificationsPhotographs
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ProvenanceOliver Wendell Holmes (b. 1809 – d. 1894), Boston; by descent to his grandson, Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 – d. 1950), Boston; 1950, bequeathed by Edward Jackson Holmes to his widow, Mary Stacy Beaman Holmes (b. 1875 – d. 1964), Boston; 1965, bequest of Mrs. Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 2015)
