Albumen print - Missie Hattie Atwater costumed as "Fanciful Fans," posed for a composite, Montreal, Quebec, 1870 | McCord Museum

Mlle Hattie Atwater costumé en « Éventails fantaisistes », posant pour une photographie composite, Montréal, Québec, 1870

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Albumen print

Missie Hattie Atwater costumed as "Fanciful Fans," posed for a composite, Montreal, Quebec, 1870

Photographer William Notman (1826-1891)

SignatureWithin image, inscribed, l.r. : Notman

InscriptionsWithin image, inscribed, l.l. : 43635; underneath image, handwritten on secondary support : 43635 / Miss H. C. Atwater

Date 1870

Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper mounted on paper
Albumen process

Dimensions8.9 × 5.8 cm

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents

Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America

Object NumberI-43635.1

DivisionPhotography - Notman Photographic Archives

CollectionMcCord

CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by Maclean’s magazine, the Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation and Empire-Universal Films Ltd.

NotesExhibition Costume Balls - Dressing Up History, 1870-1927
Hattie Atwater as “Fanciful Fans”
Note the many folding fans that cover Hattie’s dress and even her cap! William Notman had already fitted out his studio a few years earlier with his artificial skating rink, which he advertised as an appropriate background for a portrait in fancy dress.

Status

Not on view

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