Jacques-Philippe Potteau
Francisco Monténégro

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Artist Jacques-Philippe Potteau(French, born Belgium, 1807–1876)French, born Belgium, 1807–1876

CultureFrench

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Francisco Monténégro

Date1865

MediumAlbumen silver prints from glass negatives

DimensionsImage (Each): 6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in. (16.7 × 12.5 cm)
Sheet (Each): 6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in. (16.7 × 12.5 cm)
Mount (Each): 14 13/16 × 11 1/8 in. (37.6 × 28.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. and Susie Morris Photography Endowment

Object number2019.253.1,.2

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Serge Kakou, Paris]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in black ink, mount recto, lower center below image: Francisco Monténégro (19 ans). Né à Popayan // (N[ouv]elle Grenade) fils de Julien Monténégro descendant de // parents Espagnols, et de Rafaëla Unda Americaine de // race pure; amené en France par le Général Tomas C. // Taille 1 mètre 65 centimètres ; cheveux noirs, // yeux bruns. // Phot. en 1865.
Inscribed in pencil, mount recto, lower right corner (on each): Colombie

[Francisco Monténégro (19 years old). Born in Popayan (New Grenada) son of Julien Monténégro of Spanish parentage and of Rafaëla Unda, pure-blood American; brought to France by General Tomas C. 1 meter 65 centimeters tall; black hair, brown eyes. Photographed in 1865.]

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