Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the painting "Lady With Fan" by Faivre, depicting a seated woman wearing an enormous periwig, [s.d.]. The woman is shown from the side, seated in a padded chair with a wooden frame. She wears a florally patterned dress that bares her shoulders. She holds a collapsed fan just centimeters to her lips. On top of her head, a gigantic wig nearly twice the size of her head is twisted up into an ornate shape a long braid hangs down from the side of it. In the background, the wall is painted with the scene of a naval sailing vessel approaching a castle.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 25 x 19 cm. photographic prints photographs art
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