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| Keywords: Eugène Atget, Market Porter - Getty Museum.jpg Artwork en Posed with one hand leaning on his cane and the other resting on his hip this market porter was clearly a compliant subject for Eugène Atget's series of portraits of street tradesmen As was common with the traditional garb of his profession the porter's knee-length smock drapes loosely around this man's body while his broad-brimmed hat almost completely hides his face in shadow Although he probably used his cane for support such objects as hats and canes were also ironically important accessories carried by aristocratic Frenchmen Hardly an aristocrat however this working man was responsible for carrying crates of produce or animal carcasses in one of the Paris markets 1899 - 1900 Albumen silver print Image 22 1 x 18 1 cm 8 11/16 x 7 1/8 in Institution Getty Museum object history exhibition history other versions 62230 Markings Watermark on paper reads Rives Inscription Title and negative number 355 inscribed verso print in pencil Secondary Inscription Inscribed verso print in unknown hand possibly that of Berenice Abbott E Atget ; in hand of Crane cataloger L7 7 Atg credit line accession number 84 XM 1034 6 PD-old-auto 1927 1899 in Paris 1900 in Paris 1899 photographs 1900 photographs Photographs of Paris by Eugène Atget Photographs in the Getty Museum Porters 19th-century people of Paris 20th-century people of Paris Men wearing hats | ||||
