IDNO

P.7959.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Old man, Brittany.

Place

W Europe; France; Brittany; Finistere; Pont l'Abbe

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Collection: On catalogue card, top right corner is “Haddon coll”, which is different from the standard “A.C. Haddon. However, it is the same collection. [J. Perry 3/7/1998]

Context: Chouan [Norman Fr.,=owls] were peasants of Brittany, Western France who rose against the French Revolutionary government in 1793. The name Chouannerie continued to be used in reference to guerrilla warfare that lasted until Napoleon. [Source: Columbia Encyclopedia Online, JD 10/11/2009]