Painted photograph - Missie Alice Graham in "17th-Century court dress," Montreal, Quebec, 1899 | McCord Museum

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Painted photograph

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 and gouache on paper mounted on cardboard and frame
Gelatin silver process, painted photograph

Dimensions15.1 × 11 cm

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents

Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America

Object NumberN-0000.311

DivisionPhotography - Documentary Collection

CollectionMcCord

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.”

Status

On view

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