Antebellum tableau vivant.
Title
Antebellum tableau vivant .
Creator
Matthews, Kate, 1870-1956 (photographer)
Description
Young woman in an antebellum dress and bonnet is picking flowers outside the open windows of a home . On the oval print's lower right border is photographer Kate Matthews ' signature and also in her handwriting "June , 1860 ". Given that Matthews was born in 1870 , the date obviously refers to the content of the image and not the date on which the photograph was taken . Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants , or living pictures , based on fairy tales , novels , or poems . This is one of a series of tableaux that refer to "1860. " Title supplied by cataloger .
Subject
Tableaux Women Dwellings Houses Flowers
Date Original
1885? - 1920?
Object Type
Photographic prints
Source
4 x 6 in. b&w photographic print (Item no. ULPA 1984.24.201.p) in the Kate Matthews (1870-1956) Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Kate Matthews (1870-1956) Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/matthews/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA 1984.24.201
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