Cooper, Frank, photographer Gramsby, Walter S James, Anny W Lawe, Charles Little, James, photographer Richmond, John L Thompson & Son Photographers
Published / Created:
ca. 1850-ca. 1890.
Call Number:
WA Photos 379
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Five unmatted tintypes depict different Missisauga children. and Tintypes and carte-de-visite photographs primarily depicting Missisauga Indian individuals of the Ojibway Nation in the vicinity of Alderville, Ontario, ca. 1850-1890.
Subject (Geographic):
Alderville (Ont.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Portraits, Missisauga Indians--Pictorial works, Missisauga Indians--Portraits, Ojibwa Indians--Pictorial works, and Ojibwa Indians--Portraits
This collection consists principally of photographic prints of Barney at various ages: as a teenager; as a young woman in Victorian attire and in riding gear; with Gabriele d'Annunzio; with Romaine Brooks; with unidentified friends; and by herself at age 48. Also included are: a photographic postcard addressed to "Chère Rachilde"; an inscribed calling card; and a copy of a book of poems by Louis Emié ("Hauts Desirs Sans Absence" Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1953), inscribed to Barney, with a letter from Barney to Emié.
Description:
Natalie Barney was a poet, playwright, novelist and essayist, whose salon in Paris, while serving as a gathering point for writers in general, aimed to promote the writings of women., Purchased from David J. Holmes on the Danforth N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 1996, and Verso of photograph mount is blank.
Subject (Name):
Barney, Natalie Clifford, D'Annunzio, Gabriele,--1863-1938, and Emié, Louis,--1900-
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century, Authors, French--20th century, and Women authors, French