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Sepia print of women gathered in a columned room inside an oval vignette, framed by foliage and a border of printed names.

Eminent Women

A sepia collotype of a group of women gathered in an ornate, columned interior within an oval vignette. Seated and standing figures in long dresses talk around a table, while ferns and vines frame the image and names of writers circle the border.

Artist
Eugene L'Africain
Date
1884
Medium
Collotype on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
3151 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1884).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery

Español: Mujeres eminentes

Colotipia en sepia de un grupo de mujeres reunidas en un interior ornamentado con columnas, dentro de un medallón ovalado. Figuras sentadas y de pie, con vestidos largos, conversan alrededor de una mesa, mientras helechos y enredaderas enmarcan la imagen y nombres de escritoras rodean el borde.

Português: Mulheres eminentes

Colotipia em sépia de um grupo de mulheres reunidas em um interior ornamentado com colunas, dentro de um medalhão oval. Figuras sentadas e em pé, com vestidos longos, conversam ao redor de uma mesa, enquanto samambaias e trepadeiras emolduram a imagem e nomes de escritoras circundam a borda.

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