Palanquin, Madagascar
Artist
Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay
(French, 1828 - 1915)
Date1863
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 5 5/8 × 8 15/16 inches (14.29 × 22.7 cm)
Mount: 9 1/16 × 11 3/8 inches (23.02 × 28.89 cm)
Mount: 9 1/16 × 11 3/8 inches (23.02 × 28.89 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.28
SignedOn mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: “D. Charnay”
InscribedOn mount verso, top, in pencil: “"Mode de transport à Madagascar: le [?] tacon" p.193”;
MarkingsOn mount recto, bottom, in pencil: “F [?] itakon.”;
On mount recto, lower right, in pencil: “1”;
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “23836”.
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DescriptionImage of a man wearing suit, tie, and hat being carried on boards which rest on the shoulders of men with bare feet and white cloths draped over their bodies. A shirtless boy stands nearby holding an unopened umbrella.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay
1860; printed ca. 1862
2016.75.29
