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Auguste Giraudon — Female Peasant Carrying a Basket and Hay

Auguste Giraudon

Female Peasant Carrying a Basket and Hay

1870

Part of a systematic documentation of French rural life, this albumen print reveals 19th-century photography's role in preserving disappearing traditional customs.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Auguste Giraudon, Female Peasant Carrying a Basket and Hay, 1870

Part of a systematic documentation of French rural life, this albumen print reveals 19th-century photography's role in preserving disappearing traditional customs.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year
1870
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

French, Albumen Print, Figure, Documentary, Peasant, 19th Century, Realism

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Cleveland Museum of Art