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Photographic print
Missie Alice Graham in "17th-Century Court Dress," Montreal, Quebec, 1899
Photography studio
Wm. Notman & Son
(1882-1919)
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
Date
1899
Medium / Technique
Silver salts on paper mounted on paper
Dimensions17.8 × 12.7 cm
Origin
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America
Object NumberII-128584.1
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
A 17th-Century Court Dress
Alice Graham, daughter of newspaper magnate Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, grew up in one of the wealthiest households in Montreal. At the age of 6, she attended a children’s fancy dress party for 125 young members of the city’s elite. Her costume points to an exceptional level of expense. Her parents had a painted version made of her photograph, as they did years later when she dressed as “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.”
A 17th-Century Court Dress
Alice Graham, daughter of newspaper magnate Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, grew up in one of the wealthiest households in Montreal. At the age of 6, she attended a children’s fancy dress party for 125 young members of the city’s elite. Her costume points to an exceptional level of expense. Her parents had a painted version made of her photograph, as they did years later when she dressed as “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.”
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