La Presse photographiée
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Bound volume
La Presse photographiée
ca. 1865
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall: 10 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 9/16 in. (26.7 × 22.3 × 1.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionAlbum contains twenty six albumen silver print portraits of men, all journalists for La Presse, the first penny press newspaper in France. Album is bound in brown tooled leather with gilt script on front and back covers, and gilt edges.
Inscriptions Printed in gilt, front cover, C: LA PRESSE
Printed in gilt, back cover, C: J. BEROT \ PHOTOGRAPHIE \ DE \ LA PRESSE \ ARTISTIQUE \ PARIS \ 123 RUE MONTMARTRE 123
Inscribed in black ink, white label applied to spine, BC: 05.1 \ 1865
Inscribed in pencil, front pastedown, BL: T 72 \ Cm31[?]
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on scalloped-oval label applied to title page, recto, TL: Collection \ G. Cromer
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on title page, recto, TR: J'ai deux albums de "La Presse"; mais les poses des \ modèles sont souvent des variantes.
Printed in black ink, title page recto, C: LA PRESSE \ PHOTOGRAPHIÉE \ PAR \ J. BÉROT \ PEINTRE. \ --- \ PARIS. \ Photographie de la PRESSE ARTISTIQUE, \ 123, Rue Montmartre.
Inscribed in pencil (museum hand) on title page, recto, BC: [186-?] [sic]
Stamped in black ink, title page recto, BL: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION
Inscribed in pencil, title page recto, BC: B-165
Stamped in black ink, title page recto, BR: Cromer Collection
Stamped in red ink, title page recto, BR: IMP / GEH
Printed in gilt, back cover, C: J. BEROT \ PHOTOGRAPHIE \ DE \ LA PRESSE \ ARTISTIQUE \ PARIS \ 123 RUE MONTMARTRE 123
Inscribed in black ink, white label applied to spine, BC: 05.1 \ 1865
Inscribed in pencil, front pastedown, BL: T 72 \ Cm31[?]
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on scalloped-oval label applied to title page, recto, TL: Collection \ G. Cromer
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on title page, recto, TR: J'ai deux albums de "La Presse"; mais les poses des \ modèles sont souvent des variantes.
Printed in black ink, title page recto, C: LA PRESSE \ PHOTOGRAPHIÉE \ PAR \ J. BÉROT \ PEINTRE. \ --- \ PARIS. \ Photographie de la PRESSE ARTISTIQUE, \ 123, Rue Montmartre.
Inscribed in pencil (museum hand) on title page, recto, BC: [186-?] [sic]
Stamped in black ink, title page recto, BL: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION
Inscribed in pencil, title page recto, BC: B-165
Stamped in black ink, title page recto, BR: Cromer Collection
Stamped in red ink, title page recto, BR: IMP / GEH
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