[The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Garb]
The photographer Count Olympe Aguado de las Marismas was a wealthy aristocrat and a familiar figure at the court of Napoleon III. At an informal gathering at one of his country houses, Aguado posed his family and friends as fishermen, complete with long poles, a fine net, and foul-weather gear made of oilcloth. Although her elegant printed dress peaks out from below her rain jacket, the artist's mother seems well disposed for a soggy jaunt to the local trout stream. The photograph exemplifies the striking maturity and confidence, both technical and aesthetic, achieved by the medium's finest practitioners in its second decade.
Artwork Details
- Title: [The Artist, His Mother, and Friends in Fishing Garb]
- Artist: Olympe Aguado de las Marismas (French, Paris 1827–1894 Compiegne)
- Date: ca. 1860
- Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
- Dimensions: Image: 17.7 × 14.6 cm (6 15/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 19 × 14.6 cm (7 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.), irregularly trimmed - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
- Object Number: 2005.100.249
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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