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The Freud Family, c. 1898

Unknown · c. 1898

A family photograph of Sigmund Freud with his wife, children and sister-in-law, taken around the time of The Interpretation of Dreams.

This family photograph includes Freud himself, his wife, children and sister-in-law around the time of his major early work.

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Black-and-white outdoor group photograph of a family of seven in a garden with dense foliage. A man with a mustache and suit stands at the back right, a boy in a light outfit and feathered hat stands behind, and a woman with dark hair sits left of center. Children in light dresses and feathered hats sit in front.
The Freud family, photograph, c. 1898. Photographer unknown.

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What it is

This black-and-white photograph, taken outdoors in a garden around 1898, shows the family of Sigmund Freud: his wife Martha, his sister-in-law Minna Bernays, and his children Sophie, Anna, Ernst, Oliver and Martin, with Freud himself in the back row.

Why it matters

The photograph dates from the years around the publication of Freud's landmark book The Interpretation of Dreams. It shows the domestic world surrounding Freud as he developed his theories, including his daughter Anna Freud, who later became an influential psychoanalyst herself.

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