Monsieur Soleil
Photograph
Monsieur Soleil
ca. 1855
Daguerreotype
Image (each image): 2 9/16 × 2 1/8 in. (6.5 × 5.4 cm)
Overall: 3 1/4 × 6 7/8 × 3/16 in. (8.3 × 17.4 × 0.4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1970.0012.0005
Inscriptions Inscribed on label applied to original backing paper in ink (Cromer's hand) on verso, T / B / C: Con [Collection] photographique / de Gab. Cromer. / par Dubosc-Soleil. [underlined] \ un de leurs tout premiers \ portraits stéréoscopiques: \ probablement Soleil.
Inscribed on applied label in ink (Cromer's hand) on verso, R: très rare [underlined]
Inscribed on original backing paper in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, TC: portrait de Soleil
Inscribed on original backing paper in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, R:
[under paper label, partially hidden] toute première de \ Dubosc-Soleil \ avant les poinçons \ rouges.
Inscribed on original backing paper in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, B: trouvé avec un stéréoscope à fond plein.
Inscribed on applied label in ink (Cromer's hand) on verso, R: très rare [underlined]
Inscribed on original backing paper in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, TC: portrait de Soleil
Inscribed on original backing paper in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, R:
[under paper label, partially hidden] toute première de \ Dubosc-Soleil \ avant les poinçons \ rouges.
Inscribed on original backing paper in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, B: trouvé avec un stéréoscope à fond plein.
