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Chienne du Mont St. Bernard

Unidentified (N-P. C.) (French, 19th century)

Medium/Technique Stereocard, albumen prints mounted to card stock
Credit Line Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.3146
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPhotography
ClassificationsPhotographsStereographs

DescriptionNo. 21 of the series Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes de Paris
Marks Recto lower left: "N-P C.", initials of photographer
ProvenanceOliver Wendell Holmes (b. 1809 – d. 1894), Boston; by descent to his grandson, Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 – d. 1950), Boston; 1950, bequeathed by Edward Jackson Holmes to his widow, Mary Stacy Beaman Holmes (b. 1875 – d. 1964), Boston; 1965, bequest of Mrs. Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 18, 2015)