Portraits from Jacques-Philippe Potteau's Collection anthropologique du Muséum de Paris, 1862-1865

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Summary

Creators:
Potteau, Jacques-Philippe, 1807-1876
Abstract:
The collection comprises a group of 33 portraits from Jacques-Philippe Potteau's Collection anthropologique du Muséum de Paris. The sitters include soldiers from the Tirailleurs algériens; members of diplomatic staff from French Cochinchina and Annam to Paris; Bohemians; and Swedes. Present are 12 pairs of frontal and profile portraits of individuals; two full-length seated portraits; a full-length standing portrait; and three frontal and two profile unmatched portraits.
Extent:
1.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language:
Collection material is in French.
Preferred citation:

Portraits from Jacques-Philippe Potteau's Collection anthropologique du Muséum de Paris, 1862-1865, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2017.R.20.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2017r20

Background

Scope and content:

The collection comprises a group of 33 mounted albumen portraits from Jacques-Philippe Potteau's series Collection anthropologique du MusĂ©um de Paris, that he produced for the MusĂ©um d'histoire naturelle. The sitters include soldiers from the Tirailleurs algĂ©riens; members of diplomatic staff from French Cochinchina and Annam to Paris; Bohemians; and Swedes. Present are 12 pairs of frontal and profile portraits of individuals; two full-length seated portraits (Second Ambassador Pham Ph́u ThĂș and Secretary NguyĂȘn vĂąn ChĂąt, both in formal court attire); a full-length portrait of Second Ambassador Phan-plu-ThĂș with his long hair cascading down the front of his coat and holding a comb in his hand; and three frontal and two profile unmatched portraits. All of the mounts bear annotations or labels describing the sitters that include their name; age; birthplace; rank; some measurements; and the date the photograph was taken.

Fourteen mounts have ink captions written beneath their images. An additional fourteen mounts have printed Collection anthropologique du Muséum de Paris labels adhered to the upper left corners of their versos. Five mounts have pencil annotations in the upper left corners of their versos.

Biographical / historical:

Jacques-Philippe Potteau was a member of the anthropology department of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Paris. Between 1860 and 1869 he made a series of ethnographic portraits for the museum under the collective title Collection anthropologique du Muséum de Paris. In 1862, Potteau succeeded Louis Rousseau as the departmental photographer. Potteau showed his work at the London Photography Exhibit in 1862 and 1863, and the 1863 Paris International Photography Exhibit.

Acquisition information:
Acquired in 2017.
Processing information:

Processed by Beth Ann Guynn and Linda Kleiger in 2017. The finding aid written by Guynn in 2018.

Arrangement:

Series I: Portraits from Jacques-Philippe Potteau's Collection anthropologique du Muséum de Paris, 1862-1865.

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Preferred citation:

Portraits from Jacques-Philippe Potteau's Collection anthropologique du Muséum de Paris, 1862-1865, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2017.R.20.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2017r20

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
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