Descriptive Summary
Biographical / Historical
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Portraits from Jacques-Philippe Potteau's Collection anthropologique du Muséum de
Paris
Date (inclusive): 1862-1865
Number: 2017.R.20
Creator/Collector:
Potteau, Jacques-Philippe, 1807-1876
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
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.
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Language: Collection material is in French
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.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
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
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 2017.
Processing Information
Processed by Beth Ann Guynn and Linda Kleiger in 2017. The finding aid written by Guynn in
2018.
Digitized Material
Digitized by the repository in 2018. The images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2017r20
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises a group of 33 mounted albumen portraits from Jacques-Philippe
Potteau's series Collection anthropologique du Muséum de Paris, that he produced for the
Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 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 (Second Ambassador Pham Ph́u Thú and Secretary Nguyên vân Chât,
both in formal court attire); a full-length portrait of Second Ambassador Phan-plu-Thú 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.
Arrangement
Series I: Portraits from Jacques-Philippe Potteau's Collection anthropologique du Muséum
de Paris, 1862-1865;
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)
France. Armée. Armée d'Afrique
Subjects - Topics
Algerians -- Portraits
Czechs -- Portraits
Diplomats -- Vietnam -- Portraits
Sharpshooters
Swedes -- Portraits
Vietnamese -- Portraits
Subjects - Places
Ambassadors -- Vietnam -- Portraits
Genres and Forms of Material
Albumen prints -- France -- 19th century
Studio portraits -- France -- 19th century
Photographs, Original
Contributors
Potteau, Jacques-Philippe, 1807-1876