IMAGE CITATION
Date: 1865 ca
Subject:
Orignal Work:
Place: Halifax, N.S.
Ownership/Collection: Joseph Rogers Collection
Source: Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
Reference Number: 1992.412.39/ N-6188
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IMAGE INFORMATION
Possibly Mary Christianne Paul Morris (1814-1884), and her adopted son Joe. This undated photograph by J. S. Rogers (working 1863-1874), owner of The People's Gallery, Halifax, was published as a line drawing in 1868. [Reference unknown.] A second copy in the Bureau of American Ethnology Collection, National Archives, Washington D.C., is labeled "Micmac Costumes, 1865, near Halifax, Cresmcook? [Chezzetcook?] N. S." Identification of the woman as Christianne Morris is based on comparison of costume to that in the Gush and Starr paintings (previously shown), and on the fact that Christianne Morris was well-known in the city, and had posed for at least one other artist. This particular woman was also photographed by W. D. O'Donnell.
KEYWORDS
men; women; caps, women's; peaked caps; beadwork; ribbon appliqué; moccasins; coats, men's; leggings; skirts, women's; jackets, women's; Morris, Mary Christianne Paul; Morris, Joe; Halifax, Nova Scotia
