A Swiss farmer standing outside a chalet holding a bucket of fresh milk. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Date:
[between 1900 and 1999]
Reference:
2046052i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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A Swiss farmer standing outside a chalet holding a bucket of fresh milk. Photographic postcard, 19--. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Black and white photograph of a man standing outside a chalet, smoking a pipe. He has a moustache and is wearing peasant costume including over-trousers and a short jacket. The subjects of cards published by Perrochet-Matile are mostly Swiss.

Publication/Creation

Lausanne : Perrochet-Matile, S. A., [between 1900 and 1999]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 9 x 13.7 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Au chalet - chaud lait.

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Pictures of rugged working-class men (of any nationality) appear regularly in the scrap-books and collections of middle- and upper-class English collectors, and this interest frequently developed into a fetish".

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2046052i

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  • Unlabelled photograph album

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