Maria Laisné and her maternal grandmother, Madame Blot

Maria Laisné and her maternal grandmother, Madame Blot

Photograph

Jean-Baptiste Sabatier-Blot

Maker
French, 1801–1881

Maria Laisné and her maternal grandmother, Madame Blot

August 20, 1842
Daguerreotype
Image (oval): 3 13/16 × 2 15/16 in. (9.7 × 7.4 cm)
Overall (1/2 plate): 6 7/8 × 5 1/4 × 1/4 in. (17.4 × 13.3 × 0.7 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1969.0265.0141
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink, mat recto, BR: Sabatier, Palais-Royal, 137.
Inscribed in black ink, verso, T: fait le 20 août 1842
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on verso: un bébé sans bougé en 1842, \ tour de force pour l'époque! \\\ Signé Sabatier (sans Blot) \ en calligraphie à la main - \ daté 1842 - \ la fille de Sabatier-Blot \ toute jeune et sa grand- \ mère maternelle - \ un des premiers portraits / de Sabatier-Blot.
Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand), verso, L: premier fond de Sabatier-Blot, étoffe non tendue.
Translation: Sabatier, Palais-Royal, 137. Made 20 August 1842. A baby without movement in 1842, "tour-de-force" for the time! Signed Sabatier (without Blot) in calligraphy by hand / dated 1842 - the daughter of Sabatier-Blot, very young and her maternal grandmother. First background of Sabatier-Blot, fabric not tight.
Inscribed in pencil, backing paper, verso, BR: 10D-390
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