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Portrait of Marguerite Arsenault
Information about the object
Historical period
Unknown
Dimensions
Height: 58 cm. Width: 38 cm.
Classification
Fine arts -- Photography
Accession number
1980.F.13
Division
Iconography -- Means of expression -- Photography
Collection
Juliette Gauthier Barette
Donor
Leopold Bernard
Category/theme
Description of the object
Vertical oval frame. Enhanced with pencil. Transliteration: "Donation to the Acadian Museum by Léopold Bernard / 14228 / Marguerite Arsenault 1872-1938 daughter of Jean-Louis, sister of Frédéric, Alexis. She married Alexis Bernard, who was Sylvestre's brother."
Value of the item
The photograph shows an Acadian woman from Bonaventure. She is believed to be Marie-Marguerite Arsenault (1871-1938), daughter of Jean-Louis Arsenault and Zoé Bourdages. She married Alexis Bernard (1855-1907) on February 14, 1893. The Museum also has a portrait of one of her parents in 1985.F.5, and her husband in 1980.F.37. The genealogical information comes from Dictionnaire Arsenault, pp. 404-405.
Learn more
For family genealogy: https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Arsenault_Marie-Marguerite&pid=464434