Canton du Tessín

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Canton du Tessín

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French Photographer · 1812–1877

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Trained as a fabric designer, Adolphe Braun began his photography career in 1853. His photographs of flowers, for a catalog titled *Fleurs photographiées,* were to be transferred onto printing blocks for wallpaper and fabric designs. It was an extremely successful project for Braun; one album of the photographs was presented to Empress Eugénie of France, and it earned him a medal at the 1855 Paris

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Date: about 1869
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: French
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Portrait of a woman wearing a dress typical of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. She is surrounded by foliage, and stands in front of a painted backdrop featuring a stone house with stairs leading up to a doorway with an arbor covered in vines. She holds a basket hooked over one arm.

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