[Rooster]

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Artist Unknown French

CultureFrench

Titles

[Rooster]

Date1860s

PlaceFrance

MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 x 7 5/8 in. (25.6 x 19.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 x 7 5/8 in. (25.6 x 19.3 cm)
Mount: 11 1/16 x 8 9/16 in. (28.1 x 21.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Centeq Holdings in honor of William J. Hill's support for and appreciation of the art of photography at "One Great Night in November, 1990"

Object number90.495

Non exposé

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Description

Taxidermy was all the rage in the mid-1800s, when
naturalists developed better systems to preserve animals in ever more elaborate
displays. The Museum of Natural History in Paris built one of the greatest
collections of birds in the world thanks in part to a soap made of arsenic that
protected animal skins from deterioration. Standing on a container of earth, this
stuffed rooster may be a special breed of fighting cock, judging from the spurs
or long curled talons at his heels, which are typically trimmed for farm
roosters so as not to injure other animals.

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Past/Present: Photography from the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 1991–February 9, 1992.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in pencil on verso mount, upper right: "IDZX"

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