Louis Jules Duboscq

Louis Jules Duboscq

Photograph

Louis Jules Duboscq

Maker
French, 1817–1886

Louis Jules Duboscq

ca. 1855
Daguerreotype
Image (each image): 2 5/8 × 2 1/16 in. (6.6 × 5.3 cm)
Overall: 3 5/16 × 6 3/4 × 3/16 in. (8.4 × 17.2 × 0.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1970.0012.0015
Inscriptions Inscribed on applied label in ink (Cromer's hand) on verso, T / B / C / L: Con [Collection] photographique / de Gab. Cromer. / par Dubosc-Soleil [underlined] \ premiers constructeurs de \ stéréoscope. \ un de leurs tout premiers \ portraits stéréoscopiques: \ probablement Dubosc \ lui-même. \ --- / très rare [underlined]

Inscribed on backing paper in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, T: portrait de Dubosc?
Inscribed on backing paper in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, B: trouvé avec un stéréoscope à fond plein [partially visible, deciphered from comparison with other Dubosq stereos]

Inscribed on printed octagonal label applied to backing paper in red ink, verso, TRC: No. 18

Inscribed on printed octagonal label applied to backing paper in black ink, verso, TL: 188
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