Mrs. Langtry and Sarah Bernhardt
Object Details
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Date
ca. 1887
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Object Type
Photographs
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Medium
Albumen silver print
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Object Format
Cabinet card
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Dimensions
Image: 5 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.
Mount: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. -
Inscriptions
Mount Recto:
printed: Sarony \ 87 UNION SQR. N. Y.
stamped: MRS. LANGTRY AND SARA BERNHARDT \ COPYRIGHT 1887 BY NAPOLEON SARONY.
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Paul Katz, North Bennington, Vermont
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Accession Number
P1986.3
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Copyright
Public domain
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The Medium and Its MetaphorsMarch 3–September 2, 2012
This exhibition spans the history of photography, pairing photographs from the Carter’s collection with important metaphors from the same time period that were used to describe the medium’s unique qualities.
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IdentityApril 30–October 23, 2016
Identity explores community, celebrity, and individual representation through portraiture, delving into the idea that identity in American culture is as much influenced by individual presentation as factors that are externally determined.
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