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Portrait of Marthe Arsenault
Information about the object
Historical period
Unknown
Dimensions
Height: 51 cm. Width: 40.60 cm.
Classification
Fine arts -- Photography
Accession number
1980.F.19
Division
Iconography -- Means of expression -- Photography
Collection
Juliette Gauthier Barette
Donor
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Poirier
Category/theme
Description of the object
Photo framed and retouched with charcoal pencil. Transliteration: "Donated to the Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Poirier. / Marthe Arsenault 1842-19. Wife of Pierre Louis Poirier / Daughter of Eusèbe Arsenault and Sophie Arbour / Their son, Father Bonaventure Poirier, was born in 1873 / They lived on Rivière Bonaventure Road."
Value of the item
This photograph shows an Acadian woman from Bonaventure. She is
Marthe Arsenault (1842-1928), daughter of Eusèbe Arsenault and Sophie Arbour.
She married Lévis Poirier (son of Charles and Louise Cavanagh) on January 12, 1863. Not to be confused with Marie-Marthe Arsenault (married to Alexis Poirier; the Museum also has her portrait).
Marthe Arsenault (1842-1928), daughter of Eusèbe Arsenault and Sophie Arbour.
She married Lévis Poirier (son of Charles and Louise Cavanagh) on January 12, 1863. Not to be confused with Marie-Marthe Arsenault (married to Alexis Poirier; the Museum also has her portrait).
Learn more
For more information on this family's genealogy: https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Arsenault_Marthe&pid=2015041