Charles Gounod

Charles Gounod

Photograph

Pierre-Louis Pierson

Maker
French, 1822–1913

Charles Gounod

From the album Louis Napoléon album


ca. 1868
Albumen silver print
Image: 3 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (8.6 × 5.4 cm)
Mount: 4 1/8 × 2 3/8 in. (10.5 × 6 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1981.1205.0036b
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on album page, T \ B: Pierson \ Gounod
Printed in black ink, mount recto, BC: L. PIERSON PHOT.
Printed in black ink, mount recto, BL: Déposé
Printed in black ink, mount recto, BR: Garanti d'après nature.
Inscribed in pencil, verso, T: Gounod \ Gounod
Printed in black ink, verso, C: [royal crown and eagle coat-of-arms] \ MAISON \ MAYER & PIERSON \ PHOTOGRAPHES DE S.M. L'EMPEREUR \ Boulevart des Capucines, 3 \ PARIS.
Printed in black ink, verso, B: Les Clichés étant conservés indéfiniment, \ on peut toujours se procurer de nouvelles \ épreuves de Cartes & Portraits sans reposer.
Inscribed in pencil, verso, BR: 6-[possibly price]
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