Swedish woman

Studio portrait of a woman, standing, wearing a hat.

Photographer: Friedrich Renard studio (Stockholm, Sweden), labelled ‘F. Renard’
Date of photograph: Circa 1870s
Continent: Europe
Geographical area: Northern Europe
Country: Sweden
Region/Place: Stockholm
Cultural group: European Swedish
Format: Carte de visite, hand-coloured
Size: 98 x 60 mm
Acquisition: Joan Evans. Donated August 1941

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Primary documentation: ‘[p.588] Dr. JOAN EVANS, from the property of the late SIR ARTHUR EVANS, Youlbury, Boars Hill, Oxford. [List of items follows]’; ‘[p.590] 38 photographs, many coloured, of Lapp types, in box’: Pitt Rivers Museum accession records (Donations X, 1937–1941), pp.588, 590. Notes on mount: ‘F. RENARD/ Regeringsgatan No. 28 B’ (printed on mount card); ‘FOTOGRAFI-ATELIER/ F. RENARD/ Stockholm./ Regeringsgatan No. 28, B./ Pläten förvaras för efterbeställning’ (printed on reverse of mount card).

Research notes: This carte de visite has been identified as a photograph by Friedrich Renard, taken from the printed information on the reverse. Renard’s studio is described as being located at ‘Regeringsgatan No. 28, B’ in Stockholm.