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Full-length Portrait of a Shinto Priest
Full-length Portrait of a Shinto Priest
Object number2016.27.1a&b

Full-length Portrait of a Shinto Priest

Date1880s
Artist (Japanese, NA)
CultureJapanese
MediumAmbrotype, quarter plate in original kiri wood case
DimensionsOther (Glass): 11.68 x 8.89 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Other (Wood Box): 12.95 x 10.16 cm (5 1/8 x 4 in.)
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd (Blanchette Hooker, class of 1931), Florence Weinstein, and Eleanore Lockspeiser, by exchange
On View
Not on view
Period19th c (Meiji period)
Classification(s)
BibliographyLombino, Mary-Kay. Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 2019, p. 32
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryShape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 20 - December 15, 2019
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu
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