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The image shows the upper half of a person's body leaning out of a window. The person faces forward, looking outside. Their facial features are obscured due to the texture and lighting. The person appears to have light-colored hair and wears dark clothes. There is no visible jewelry, and they are not holding any object. The background is an exterior building wall with a window featuring shutters on both sides. Below the window is a section of the building's roof. The scene is in a vintage, sepia-toned style, giving it an aged appearance. The area around the person is textured, adding an artistic effect.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
Auguste Vacquerie at a Window, Marine Terrace
Charles-Victor Hugo with Auguste Vacquerie
- Date
- c. 1853
- Medium
- salted paper print
- Dimensions
- image: 9.2 × 7.7 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/16 in.) mount: 25.1 × 18.5 cm (9 7/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 1998.1.1
- Credit line
- Robert B. Menschel Fund
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CPH
Subjects and terms
- French
- self
- portrait
- exterior
- architecture
- Domestic
- salted paper print
Provenance
(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Malvern, PA); purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1998.
Inscription
on mount, lower center in graphite: Auguste Vacquerie a une fenetre du Marine-Terrace
NGA object ID 101436. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.