William Notman's Portrait Photographs of the Wealthy English-Speaking Girls of Montreal: Representations of Informal Female Education in Relation to John Ruskin's 'Of Queens' Gardens' and Writings by and for Canadians from the 1850s to 1890s

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Title
William Notman's Portrait Photographs of the Wealthy English-Speaking Girls of Montreal: Representations of Informal Female Education in Relation to John Ruskin's 'Of Queens' Gardens' and Writings by and for Canadians from the 1850s to 1890s
Abstract
The author examines nine photographs of wealthy English-speaking Montreal girls, taken in the photographic studio of William Notman between 1857 and 1891, as a pictorial record of the informal education of young females according to the beliefs and convictions of the upper middle-class. The author analyzes the photos in relation to the vision of how girls should be educated according to John Ruskin's "Of Queens' Gardens", published in 1864.
Publication
Historical Studies in Education/Revue d'histoire de l'éducation
Volume
Vol. 21
Issue
no. 2
Pages
65-97
Date
Fall 2009
Language
en
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Lerner, Loren Ruth. “William Notman’s Portrait Photographs of the Wealthy English-Speaking Girls of Montreal: Representations of Informal Female Education in Relation to John Ruskin’s ‘Of Queens’ Gardens’ and Writings by and for Canadians from the 1850s to 1890s.” Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation Vol. 21, no. 2 (Fall 2009): 65–97. http://historicalstudiesineducation.ca/index.php/edu_hse-rhe/article/view/816.
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