[Agen, France]
Photograph
[Agen, France]
1877
Carbon print (three-color carbon)
Image: 5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (14 × 20 cm)
Paper: 6 1/2 × 8 7/8 in. (16.5 × 22.6 cm)
Overall (housing): 7 11/16 × 10 1/8 × 3/8 in. (19.6 × 25.7 × 0.9 cm)
Purchase
1981.0285.0001
Inscriptions Printed through image on recto, BL: L. Ducos du Hauron 1877.
TextPanoramic view of the town of Agen in Aquitaine, and the 12th century cathedral of St. Caprais taken in 1877 from a hillside overlooking the town and the River Garonne. It is considered to be the first color photograph of an outdoor scene.
