[Seated Lady in Striped Dress with Four Little Girls]
1850s–60s
![[Seated Lady in Striped Dress with Four Little Girls] by Franz Antoine](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/seated-lady-in-striped-dress-with-four-little-269242.webp)
Medium
Coated salted paper print from glass negative
Dimensions
15.5 x 19.4 cm. (6 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1948
Accession Number
48.83.26
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Art Historical Context
In the intimate world of mid-19th-century photography Franz Antoine's *Seated Lady in Striped Dress Four Little Girls* (1850s–60s) offers a tender glimpse domestic life. This coated salted paper print from a glass negative, measuring just 15.5 x 19.4 cm, captures a poised woman surrounded by four young girls, their expressions formal yet endearing. Antoine, an early practitioner in the medium, exemplifies the era's portraiture, where families sought to preserve moments amid the novelty of image-making. The salted paper process, refined from William Henry Fox Talbot's pioneering calotype, prod...
About the Artist
Franz Antoine · 1815–1886
Franz Antoine (1815–1886) was an Austrian botanist and horticulturalist who served as court gardener at the Imperial Gardens of Schönbrunn in Vienna, one of the most celebrated horticultural establishments in nineteenth-century Europe. His career unfolded at the intersection of scientific botany and the decorative arts of the garden, positioning him as a key figure in the cultivation and documenta...