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Two women are shown standing in a hallway lined with shelves filled with papers. Both women wear traditional nun habits and appear engaged in their surroundings. The hallway is well-lit with sunlight streaming in from windows, casting shadows.
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Two women are shown standing in a hallway lined with shelves filled with papers. Both women wear traditional nun habits and appear engaged in their surroundings. The hallway is well-lit with sunlight streaming in from windows, casting shadows.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Asile Impérial de Vincennes: la Lingerie

Charles Nègre

Date
1859
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 17.1 × 17.1 cm (6 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.) mount: 21 × 22.2 cm (8 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
1995.36.108
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • albumen silver print
  • Paris
  • Work
  • Laundry
  • Women
  • labor
  • genre
Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Inscription

lower right in black ink: ch. Negre

NGA object ID 92332. 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.