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Murder of Mrs. Noyer, Police Department Case No. 8, Paris
Murder of Mrs. Noyer, Police Department Case No. 8, Paris

Murder of Mrs. Noyer, Police Department Case No. 8, Paris

Original Language TitlePréfecture de Police, Noyer Murder
Artist Unknown
DateMay 30, 1905
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.43 × 28.73 cm)
Mount: 10 1/2 × 14 1/4 inches (26.67 × 36.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.6.14
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, top, printed in black ink: "PREFECTURE DE POLICE / DIRECTION GENERALE DES RECHERCHES / Paris le 30 Mai 1905 / Orientation de l'axe optique , Affaire de la rue Erard no 8 (12 arroudt) / assassinat de Mme Vve [?] Noyer , SERVICE DE L'IDENTITE JUDICIAIRE / PHOTOGRAPHIE METRIQUE"; [Additional printed markings for scale - "Distances", "Reductions" etc.]
MarkingsOn mount verso, left edge, in pencil: "4. les 2"; On mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "22778-01"
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionCrime scene image of deceased woman on original mount to show scale. A curtain is pulled back to reveal an elderly woman with hands in pockets, small rope around neck, mouth slightly agape, and shirt with only two buttons buttoned.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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