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.
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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.