Portrait of a nun, ARB-154

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1898-1909

GUSN

GUSN-374173

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Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated
Series 1: Negatives
Subseries B: Subjects
Church (negatives ARB150-160)
Portrait of a nun, ARB-154
(current record)

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Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated
- Series 1: Negatives
  - Subseries B: Subjects
    - Church (negatives ARB150-160)

Description

The image is a portrait of a nun wearing a traditional religious habit. She is dressed in a long robe and veil, with a visible white headscarf underneath. A large cross is prominently hanging around her neck.

Details

Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
nuns
portraits
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP004045
Brown negative ARB-154

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC018

Collection Name

Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated

Reference Code

PC018.1.2.4.ARB-154

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Alice Augusta Rogerson, 1851-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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