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Elwood B. Hosmer costumed as "Sieur de Bienville" in the Lemoyne Family of Longueuil set at the Historical Fancy Dress Ball, Montreal, Quebec, 1898
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
Date
1898
Medium / Technique
Silver salts on paper mounted on paper
Dimensions17.8 × 12.7 cm
Origin
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America
Object NumberII-122985.1
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
Sieur de Bienville,
Lemoyne Family of Longueuil set
Elwood B. Hosmer, aged 19, portrayed an 18th-century governor of Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. While his photograph shows him in a different costume, this outfit was made for him around the time of this ball. The discrepancy is a conundrum, but we do know that money was no object in his wealthy family. Elwood Hosmer’s carefully waxed moustache was entirely anachronistic, from a full century earlier than the period when his character flourished.
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II-123339
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II-124167
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Wm. Notman & Son
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II-122936
Charles L. de Lanaudière costumed as "Francois Tarieu de Lanaudière" in the Lemoyne de Longueuil Family group at the Historical Fancy Dress Ball, Montreal, Quebec, 1898
Wm. Notman & Son
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II-123318
Dr. Louis de Lotbinière Harwood costumed as "The Marquis de Lotbinière" in the Lemoyne de Longueuil Family group at the Historical Fancy Dress Ball, Montreal, Quebec, 1898
Wm. Notman & Son
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II-123146
Lady Alexandre Lacoste’s group in the Lemoyne Family of Longueuil set at the Historical Fancy Dress Ball, Montreal, Quebec, 1898
Wm. Notman & Son
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II-122951
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Wm. Notman & Son
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II-122979.1
Mrs. Mabel Campbell costumed as “The Châtelaine de Rouville,” no set listed, at the Historical Fancy Dress Ball, Montreal, Quebec, 1898
Wm. Notman & Son
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II-122910.1
Colin Campbell costumed as "Seigneur de Rouville, 1760", no set listed, at the Historical Fancy Dress Ball, Montreal, Quebec, 1898
Wm. Notman & Son
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II-122909.1
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II-123825
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