Doctor Amussat on his death bed

Doctor Amussat on his death bed

Photograph

Allevy

Maker
French

Doctor Amussat on his death bed

Doctor Jean Zuléma Amussat on his death bed


May 13, 1856
Daguerreotype
Image: 2 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (6.7 × 5.6 cm)
Overall (1/4 plate): 5 × 4 3/16 × 3/16 in. (12.7 × 10.7 × 0.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Inscriptions Printed in ink, on mat recto, BC: ALLEVY, Pavillon du Jardin du Palais Royal.
Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on blue backing paper, verso, C: Le docteur Amussat \ sur son lit de mort. \\ Il habitait quai Malaquais [Paris]
Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on binding paper, verso, B: plaque épais. [épaisseur] moy. [moyenne] non biseautée
Inscribed in pencil, blue backing paper, verso, C: 55 [encircled]
Inscribed in pencil, applied label, verso, TR: 10D-305
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