The Prince Imperial, summer 1856, photographed by Gustave Le Gray

Artist(s) : LE GRAY Gustave (1820-1884)
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The Prince Imperial, summer 1856, photographed by Gustave Le Gray
The Prince Imperial, summer 1856, photographed by Gustave Le Gray © Bibliothèque nationale de France

Red wet stamp at the bottom left.  Acquired in 1996, by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

This portrait was probably made for the painter Thomas Couture (1815-1879), who had been commissioned to carry out a large format staging of the baptism of the heir to the Napoleonic throne, and for whom Le Gray also made several photographic portraits of the Empress Eugenie kneeling in prayer, in order to spare her the long hours of posing for the painter.

Date :
1856
Technique :
Print on albumen paper from a glass negative on collodion glass
Dimensions :
H = 193 mm ovale, L = 221 mm ovale
Place held :
© Bibliothèque nationale de France
Photo credit :
© Bibliothèque nationale de France
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