Alphonse de Lamartine
Photograph
Alphonse de Lamartine
1856
Albumen silver print with applied color
Image: 22 3/8 × 17 11/16 in. (56.8 × 44.9 cm)
Mount: 24 1/8 × 19 in. (61.2 × 48.2 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1983.0659.0001
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, T: 1er agrandissement de portrait en 1861 \ (voir "Moniteur de la Photographie \ 1861 pages 18, etc.). - \ Chambre solaire de Liebert en 1864 - (voir 1ere Edition Photo en Amerique) \ Un des premiers agrandissements de Nadar \ d'après son fameux cliché de Lamartine pris vers \ (1790-1869) Agrandissement fait vers 1865? \ Même retouche que ma grand'mère Cromer \ également de Nadar
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, BL: fait par Nadar \ voir l'Illustration du \ 15 avril 1933 page 436
[Translation: First enlargement of portrait in 1861 (see "Moniteur de la Photographie" 1861 pages 18, etc.) Solar enlarger by Liebert in1864-(see 1st ed. Photo. en Amerique) One of the first enlargements by Nadar from his famous negative of Lamartine (1790-1869) taken about...Enlargement made about 1865? Same retouching as my grandmother Cromer, also by Nadar. Made by Nadar see l'Illustration of 15 April 1933, page 436
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, BL: fait par Nadar \ voir l'Illustration du \ 15 avril 1933 page 436
[Translation: First enlargement of portrait in 1861 (see "Moniteur de la Photographie" 1861 pages 18, etc.) Solar enlarger by Liebert in1864-(see 1st ed. Photo. en Amerique) One of the first enlargements by Nadar from his famous negative of Lamartine (1790-1869) taken about...Enlargement made about 1865? Same retouching as my grandmother Cromer, also by Nadar. Made by Nadar see l'Illustration of 15 April 1933, page 436
