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Portrait of Edwidge Fortin
Information about the object
Historical period
Unknown
Dimensions
Height: 60.80 cm. Width: 48.20 cm.
Classification
Fine arts -- Photography
Accession number
1980.F.101
Division
Iconography -- Means of expression -- Photography
Collection
Juliette Gauthier Barrette
Donor
Juliette Gauthier Barrette
Category/theme
Description of the object
Vertical rectangular black wooden frame, originally gold in color. Covered with a plasticized membrane. No transliteration.
Value of the item
The photograph shows a woman from Baie-Saint-Paul who married an Acadian man from Bonaventure. Edwidge Fortin (1833–1876) was the daughter of Charles Fortin and Marguerite Tremblay of Baie-Saint-Paul. She married Mathias Bujold on September 30, 1862, in Saint-Urbain.
Learn more
For the genealogy of this family: https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Fortin_Edwidge&pid=468705